curtailment

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the temporal property of being cut short
noun the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
noun the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable

From curtail + -ment.

Basil advises a curtailment of all expenditure for the present. — A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill, Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
Mrs. Leland joined her at Chester last night, so there should be no curtailment of the tour." — Cynthia's Chauffeur, Louis Tracy
In his curtailment he would not leave a room or a church for Irish Protestants to pray in. — A History of Nursery Rhymes, Percy B. Green

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