Meaning

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

originEtymology tree English curtail Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English curtailment From curtail + -ment.

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