"retrenchment" meaning in English

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      "name": "Terms suffixed with -ment",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "retrench",
        "2": "ment"
      },
      "expansion": "retrench + -ment",
      "name": "ety-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "retrench + -ment",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "retrenchment",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "retrenchments",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "re‧trench‧ment",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Retrenchment is the act of terminating the employment of a worker by firing them."
      ],
      "id": "simple-retrenchment-en-noun-TbzKez1P",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable & uncountable"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "layoff"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/rɪˈtrɛn(t)ʃm(ə)nt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/rəˈtrɛnt͡ʃm(ə)nt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-retrenchment.wav",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "retrenchment"
}

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    "Terms suffixed with -ment"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "retrench",
        "2": "ment"
      },
      "expansion": "retrench + -ment",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "retrench + -ment",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "retrenchment",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "retrenchments",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "noun"
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  ],
  "hyphenation": "re‧trench‧ment",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns",
        "Uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Retrenchment is the act of terminating the employment of a worker by firing them."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable & uncountable"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "layoff"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/rɪˈtrɛn(t)ʃm(ə)nt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/rəˈtrɛnt͡ʃm(ə)nt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-retrenchment.wav",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "retrenchment"
}