tighten one's belt use resources carefully
make a reduction, as in one's workforce
"The company had to retrench"
Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)
Princeton University "About WordNet®."
WordNet®. Princeton University. 2010.
View WordNet® License
retrench
Retrench your desires, instead of increasing your substance. [ Proverb ]
Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. If we retrench the wages of the schoolmaster, we must raise those of the recruiting sergeant. [ Edward Everett ]
retrenchin Scrabble®
The word retrench is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
retrench:
retrench
retrench
retrenchin Words With Friends™
The word retrench is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
retrench:
retrench
retrench
retrench
retrench(9 words)
retrenchin them (1 word)
retrench(1 word)
retrench
retrench
en trench
re trench
retrench
retrenchable
retrenched
retrencher retrenchers
retrenches
retrenching
retrenchment retrenchments