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Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.
Virginia Woolf

Meaning of "curtailment" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CURTAILMENT

curtailment  [kɜːˈteɪlmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CURTAILMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Curtailment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CURTAILMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of curtailment in the English dictionary

The first definition of curtailment in the dictionary is abridgement. Other definition of curtailment is restriction. Curtailment is also cuttinɡ back.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CURTAILMENT


ailment
ˈeɪlmənt
assailment
əˈseɪlmənt
bailment
ˈbeɪlmənt
beguilement
bɪˈɡaɪlmənt
defilement
dɪˈfaɪlmənt
derailment
diːˈreɪlmənt
despoilment
dɪsˈpɔɪlmənt
disentailment
ˌdɪsɪnˈteɪlmənt
embroilment
ɪmˈbrɔɪlmənt
empalement
ɪmˈpeɪlmənt
engrailment
ɪnˈɡreɪlmənt
entailment
ɪnˈteɪlmənt
fulfilment
fʊlˈfɪlmənt
impalement
ɪmˈpeɪlmənt
nonfulfilment
ˌnɒnfʊlˈfɪlmənt
prevailment
prɪˈveɪlmənt
reconcilement
ˈrɛkənˌsaɪlmənt
regalement
rɪˈɡeɪlmənt
retailment
ˈriːteɪlmənt
revilement
rɪˈvaɪlmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CURTAILMENT

curtail
curtail step
curtailer
curtain
curtain call
curtain hook
curtain lecture
curtain pole
curtain rail
curtain raiser
curtain ring
curtain rod
curtain speech
curtain wall
curtain-raiser
curtain-twitcher
curtain-up
curtained
curtainless
curtains

WORDS THAT END LIKE CURTAILMENT

advertisement
annulment
befoulment
bevelment
concealment
devilment
disembowelment
disenthralment
dishevelment
empanelment
enrollment
enrolment
enthrallment
installment
instalment
recallment
revelment
self-fulfilment
signalment
unravelment
wish fulfilment

Synonyms and antonyms of curtailment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CURTAILMENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «curtailment» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of curtailment

Translation of «curtailment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CURTAILMENT

Find out the translation of curtailment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of curtailment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «curtailment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

缩减
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

restricción
570 millions of speakers

English

curtailment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कटौती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تقليص
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сокращение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contingenciamento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সঙ্কোচ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

réduction
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengurangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Beschneidung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

削減
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

단축
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Curtailment
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tước đoạt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துண்டித்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कट-ऑफ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kısaltma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

riduzione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Ograniczenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скорочення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

reducere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περικοπή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

besnoeiing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

reduceringar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avkorting
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of curtailment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CURTAILMENT»

The term «curtailment» is regularly used and occupies the 95.926 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CURTAILMENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about curtailment

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4 QUOTES WITH «CURTAILMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word curtailment.
1
Grace Abbott
The first and continuing argument for the curtailment of working hours and the raising of the minimum age was that education was necessary in a democracy and working children could not attend school.
2
Dennis Chavez
I would consider all of the legislation which I have supported meaningless if I were to sit idly by, silent, during a period which may go down in history as an era when we permitted the curtailment of our liberties.
3
Ludwig Quidde
We pacifists have not ceased to point to the grave danger of armaments and to insist on their curtailment.
4
Virginia Woolf
Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CURTAILMENT»

Discover the use of curtailment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to curtailment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Wiley GAAP 2010: Interpretation and Application of Generally ...
Curtailments. A curtailment results in the elimination of future years of service. The pro rata portions of any (1) unrecognized cost of retroactive plan amendments and (2) re- maining unrecognized net obligation existing when ASC 715-30 was ...
Barry J. Epstein, Ralph Nach, Steven M. Bragg, 2009
2
US vulnerability to an oil import curtailment: the oil ...
Environmental. Impacts. The increased use of solid fuels for the rapid response path (a total of 115 million tons/yr of coal equivalent) will require that coal production be increased by up to 13 percent over 1982 levels, a situation that will entail ...
‎1984
3
Group Sequential Methods with Applications to Clinical Trials
10.1 Introduction This approach to sequential monitoring evolved from the idea of simple curtailment whereby an experiment can be terminated as soon as the ultimate result becomes inevitable. As an example, consider an industrial ...
Christopher Jennison, Bruce W. Turnbull, 1999
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The Smart Grid: Adapting the Power System to New Challenges
Threshold for activation E of curtailment ^ Minimum amount of reserve && The minimum level ofoperating reserve needed is set in the rules or guidelines for the operation of the system, where in practice the operating reserve is typically ...
Math H. J. Bollen, 2011
5
Wind Power in Power Systems
The main advantage of using storage, from a wind integration perspective, is that it reduces curtailment. Curtailment levels in a system are mainly based on the minimum generation level of the system. Wind energy is only partly dispatchable (it ...
Thomas Ackermann, 2012
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Accountants' Handbook, Special Industries and Special Topics
A curtailment is an event that significantly reduces the expected years of future service of present employees covered by the plan or eliminates for a significant number of employees covered by the plan the accrual of defined benefit for some or ...
D. R. Carmichael, O. Ray Whittington, Lynford Graham, 2007
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Stochastic Curtailment in Multi-armed Trials
Stochastic curtailment refers to a class of techniques that can be used to terminate a clinical trial early, when the accumulated trial data suggest that the final result (acceptance or rejection of the null hypothesis) becomes highly ...
Xiaomin He, 2006
8
Women and Children in Health Care: An Unequal Majority
Fertility. Curtailment: Selected. Issues. The term fertility derives from the Latin ferre meaning "to bear" or "carry." Sterility is its opposite — the inability to bear. Despite the fact that women alone are capable of childbearing, both terms are used ...
Mary Briody Mahowald, 1996
9
Crude Politics: The California Oil Market, 1900-1940
In addition, the curtailment order cut back production by thirty older, settled fields, with an estimated potential production of 365,420 barrels, to 216,464 barrels per day.86 By March 15, California oil operators had cut daily production from ...
Paul Sabin, 2004
10
The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
Portions of premises to be excluded by curtailment or included by extension shall not, before approval as prescribed in this section, be used for other than currently approved purposes. No application on Form 2610 filed under this section shall ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CURTAILMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term curtailment is used in the context of the following news items.
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More restrictions hit state's water supplies
For example, the State Water Resources Control Board has been issuing a stream of curtailment orders to senior water right holders to stop ... «California Farm Bureau, Jul 15»
2
AG Lisa Madigan and Speaker Madigan do a political tag team on …
... fair drawing of legislative districts, curtailment of union power, workers' comp. reform, tort reform, pro economic growth and turning around the ... «ChicagoNow, Jul 15»
3
Incitec caught short by gas squeeze
Should the curtailment be 20 per cent, Incitec expects a calendar 2015 profit hit of $6m — around 1.5 per cent of expected earnings — and ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
4
Foreign Ministry Slams Israel's Decision to Extend Separation …
The Barrier has also cut off land and resources needed for Palestinian land and development, resulting in the curtailment of agricultural practice and the ... «WAFA - Palestine News Agency, Jul 15»
5
Accuray Stock Rating Lowered by Zacks (ARAY)
Management's cost curtailment efforts also seem to be working well, as reflected by an expanding margin. However, an unfavorable foreign ... «The Legacy, Jul 15»
6
Stock Analysts' Downgrades for July, 7th (AMD, ARAY, AWI, BRO …
Management's cost curtailment efforts also seem to be working well, as reflected by an expanding margin. However, an unfavorable foreign ... «sleekmoney, Jul 15»
7
Pharmaceutical workers' strike 'likely to disrupt medical supplies' to …
... one-off charges related to restructuring costs and, compared to the previous year, no one-off curtailment gain on the pension fund provision. «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
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Wind Power In Scotland Continues To Astound
Or storage may be added. Or maybe the amount of curtailment is insignificant. Why don't you put “£4 million” and your other numbers into some ... «CleanTechnica, Jul 15»
9
The Default Future of Health Care
And many Republicans, most economists and a lot of Democrats favor the gradual elimination or curtailment of the tax deductibility of ... «Hospitals & Health Networks, Jul 15»
10
Western Heat Drives Up NatGas-Fired Power Generation
Early last week, SoCalGas called for an emergency localized curtailment and curtailment watch in the Los Angeles Basin as a way to help ... «Natural Gas Intelligence, Jul 15»

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