curtailment

English

Etymology

From curtail +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /kɚˈteɪlmənt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɜːˈteɪlmənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

curtailment (plural curtailments)

1. The act of curtailing.
   • 1958 May, “Railway Difficulties in the U.S.A.”, in Railway Magazine, page 296:

     The railways are fully alive to the position, and are sparing neither effort nor expense to provide more attractive trains and to effect economies, but in such circumstances some curtailment of services is inevitable.

   • 1961 November, “Talking of Trains: Drastic cuts in Scotland?”, in Trains Illustrated, page 644:

     Curtailment was said to be imminent of services on the ex-Caledonian Glasgow-Carlisle main line via Carstairs, also between Glasgow and Lanark and on other ex-C.R. lines in the Glasgow area.

Derived terms

• noncurtailment

Translations

act of curtailing

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 縮減 / 缩减 (suk¹ gaam²), 削減 / 削减 (soek³ gaam²)

• German: Beschneidung (de) f, Verkürzung (de) f, Abkürzung (de) f, Kürzung (de) f
• Irish: laghdú m
• Māori: tauporonga