we must curtail the investment
we must reduce or stop the investment
TRANSLATION
curtail = (ab-,ver-)kürzen, einschränken, beschneiden; Preise etc. herabsetzen
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"Today, international flights have been CURTAILED due to lack of passengers"
(USA Today - 8th November 2000)
(USA Today - 8th November 2000)
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curtail
A word with an interesting etymology: from earlier 'curtal' meaning to shorten an animal's tail by cutting, from Middle French 'courtault'
Date: 1580
Webster's says: to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part "curtail the power of the executive branch" "curtail inflation"
Synonyms:
abbreviate, abridge, boil down, chop, clip, contract, cramp, cut, cut back, cut short, decrease, diminish, dock, downsize, halt, lessen, lop, minify, nutshell, pare down, reduce, retrench, roll back, shorten, slash, trim, truncate
A word with an interesting etymology: from earlier 'curtal' meaning to shorten an animal's tail by cutting, from Middle French 'courtault'
Date: 1580
Webster's says: to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part "curtail the power of the executive branch" "curtail inflation"
Synonyms:
abbreviate, abridge, boil down, chop, clip, contract, cramp, cut, cut back, cut short, decrease, diminish, dock, downsize, halt, lessen, lop, minify, nutshell, pare down, reduce, retrench, roll back, shorten, slash, trim, truncate
