curtailment

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curtailment

/kɚˈteɪlmənt/ US
/kɜːˈteɪlmənt/ UK

noun curtailments

The act of curtailing. 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.

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noun act of curtailing

Deutsch	Beschneidung, Verkürzung, Abkürzung, Kürzung

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@misc{curtailment_2026,
  title = {curtailment},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/curtailment},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}