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retrench

verb

/rɪˈtrɛntʃ/

Meaning

to reduce costs, spending, or staff to save resources

The company had to retrench employees due to financial difficulties.

cut back, downsize, economize, reduce, curtail

expand, increase, grow

retrench employees, retrench costs, retrench operations, retrench spending

to make something magnetic or to strongly attract

to make a wild animal gentle and obedient; to control or subdue

To put something down carefully in a flat position.

to travel on or in a vehicle; to sit on and control a horse

past tense of 'come'

To disappear or cause to disappear gradually; to scatter or disperse; to waste or squander.