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Meanings of curtailment in English

Catalan
reducció

The reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable.

reducció
Catalan
supressió
Spanish
supresión

The act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation.

supressió
Usage of curtailment in English
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The curtailment of the veto of the Second Chamber fulfils this purpose.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 / The Recent Da...
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But there was, also, a more interesting curtailment of this interior space.
Hawthorne and His Circle
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The aim of perestroika is the radical curtailment of central planning.
The new yorker
4
These facts point inevitably to the trilemma-debt, curtailment or increased receipts.
The American Missionary — Volume 42, No. 08, August, 1888
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My whole time has been devoted to curtailment-torestricting loans and seeking deposits.
David Lannarck, Midget / An Adventure Story
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If through her illness my privileges experienced curtailment, her recovery brought annihilation itself.
Trifles for the Christmas Holidays
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Nearly a dozen Oregon cities have also implemented voluntary water curtailment measures, Enright said.
Reuters
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Attacks on bus workers have resulted in the curtailment of timetables in some areas.
The Irish Times
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Visit during the first serious curtailment of transatlantic radio-telephone service.
The new yorker
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The expansion of airport capacity is completely incompatible with the curtailment of climate change.
The Irish Times
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The loss of his right arm might have caused the curtailment of his career.
BBC
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Its curtailment is but a drop in the oversupplied 45-million tonne global aluminium market.
Reuters
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Basil advises a curtailment of all expenditure for the present.
A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill
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She was sleepy and tired and she resented this summary curtailment of her privileges.
Rosemary
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What you propose is nothing less than a curtailment of her liberty of action.
South Wind
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There was a noble financial policy, a curtailment of expense.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
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Spanish
supresión
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