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Pronunciation / Transliteration: reˈkoɾ.te
"El recorte de presupuesto afectó al departamento."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The action or fact of reducing or restricting something in quantity, scope, or duration.
"The sudden curtailment of funding forced the research team to halt their experiments." - 2
A truncation or abridgement of a scheduled activity, privilege, or right.
"Citizens protested the government's curtailment of civil liberties during the crisis."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the verb curtail, which comes from Old French 'curtault' (meaning a docked horse, influenced by Latin 'curtus' meaning shortened), combined with the English suffix '-ment'. Originally referring to the physical shortening or docking of tails, the term evolved in early modern English to denote any action that reduces, restricts, or truncates something in extent or duration.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Curtailment" is said worldwide
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réduction
Transliteration: ʁe.dyk.sjɔ̃
"La réduction des dépenses est devenue inévitable."
Einschränkung
Transliteration: ˈaɪnˌʃʁɛŋkʊŋ
"Die Einschränkung der Freiheitsrechte stieß auf Kritik."
riduzione
Transliteration: ri.duˈt͡sjo.ne
"La riduzione del personale ha causato disagi."
recorte
Transliteration: reˈkoɾ.te
"El recorte de presupuesto afectó al departamento."
redução
Transliteration: ʁe.duˈsɐ̃w
"A redução de custos foi necessária para salvar a empresa."
कटौती
Transliteration: katautī
"बजट में कटौती के कारण कई परियोजनाएं रुक गईं।"
缩减
Transliteration: suōjiǎn
"预算的缩减影响了我们的计划。"
축소
Transliteration: chukso
"예산 축소로 인해 사업이 지연되었습니다."
削減
Transliteration: sakugen
"経費の削減が急務となっている。"
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