Retrench
retrench (verb) - cut back on spending and reduce size of operationsretrenchment (noun)
rather than retrench, the CEO gunned it and went for market share
rather than retrench the general pressed his advantage
the danger is that if manufacturers and consumers both retrench -- by cutting back on production and by buying less -- they could bring the economy down with them
consumers were going through a period of retrenchment after the boom years of the recent past
if consumers continue to retrench, the economy will be in serious trouble
the midnight taxi-jams show no sign of being shortened by corporate retrenchment
sadly the year became a year of retrenchment and consolidation to reduce the scale of activities to levels required to suit the prevailing market conditions.
withdrawal from some types of business and geographical retrenchment may reduce representation in London markets.
years of retrenchment
a certain degree of retrenchment after the initial enthusiasm
you've had to retrench, you've had to scale back
what we need to do now is retrench
capitalized on the market highs, especially the delirious dot-com days, and learned to retrench during the lows.
an opportunity to retrench
an opportunity to retrench and to start to come back again
restructuring and retrenchment are beginning to pay off
Chrysler's retreat is the latest retrenchment among the US Big Three car makers
the other departing officials stayed on to help the company retrench in response to the recession
the door is well open. You can retrench. You can go back...but I don't think you can go back
the new international era of global democratization has caused the Vietnamese authorities to retrench rather than to reform
The government resisted World Bank pressures to retrench workers untill 1986
so many states around the country have had to retrench during this period of fiscal pressure
had to defend its Treasuries market, which has plunged as big buyers like Korean banks retrench
additional problems for banks that are forced to retrench still further
the firm was forced to retrench and slash its price from the hefty initial fee of $700, to $299
The aerospace industry also is using the technology as a way to retrench and improve
financial support for 1980s activism faded, forcing environmental groups to retrench
but now, with hopes of a breakthrough into the American market dashed, there were signs of retrenchment everywhere in British filmmaking.
can't see that consumer spending can do anything other than retrench in the big ticket items that you mentioned, cars and houses
they kept writing to her about retrenchment till her dying day.
forced to retrench
during the recession other media and entertainment companies, like Viacom, have retrenched and abandon ideas of synergy
the state was forced to retrench, first away from direct control of manufacturing, and subsequently through a considerable reduction in civil servants
retrench economically and militarily
businesses can no longer obtain credit and therefore retrench
had his forces retrench while a new strategy was considered
the temporary windfall profits did not obviate the clear need to retrench in the face of failing numbers
desire to expand while the rest of the board wanted to retrench
pressures to retrench and regroup
willing to retrench in other ways so that she could continue to live in the affluent community with her friends
left to retrench naturally without infusions of cash from the government
retrench to their older business that they were experienced in
Example sentences:
* As American banks retrench, they will corner almost all the profitable business at home, leaving Europeans and a handful of Japanese banks to fight over deals that are either unprofitable or too risky to be of interest.
* Pru-Bache is to retrench to Bache's old strength of retail stockbroking.
* She intended to stay there, and was willing to retrench in other ways so that she could continue to live in Thrush Green among her friends, and also have room to entertain more distant friends who would be invited to stay.
* The hospitals would be left to retrench naturally, while community services would remain patchy and slow to evolve.
* No doubt such structures reflect not only assumptions about the structure of knowledge, but more mundane matters such as the existing groupings of staff, the physical location of sites, historical accident and the current pressures to retrench and regroup.
* These recent proposals reflect Moscow's current priority to retrench economically and militarily in the Third World.
* At this stage, the Government began to retrench on its nuclear programmes.
* Governments are forced to prune state employment, while businesses can no longer obtain credit and therefore retrench.
* He simply had his forces retrench while a new strategy was considered.
* Ironically for a quarrel which had arisen as a result of a revolt against the colonial taxation imposed to increase the revenue and retrench some of the expenditure on the Seven Years War, the American war doubled national expenditure from £131 million in 1775 to £245 million by 1783.
* The temporary windfall profits did not obviate the clear need to retrench in the face of failing numbers and, during the year, the staff of the Institute was reduced from 117 to 106.
* It is believed the differences in strategy stem from Mr Heath's desire to expand while the rest of the board wanted to retrench.
