Economize vs Retrench - What's the difference?
economize | retrench |
To practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance).
To be frugal.
To cut down or reduce.
* Denham
To abridge; to curtail.
* Milton
To confine; to limit; to restrict.
* I. Taylor
To furnish with a retrenchment (defensive work within a fortification).
To take up a new defensive position.
*2012 , The Economist,
To dig or redig a trench where one already was.
As verbs the difference between economize and retrench
is that economize is to practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance) while retrench is to cut down or reduce.economize
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Alternative forms
* economise (UK) * (obsolete) * (archaic)Verb
(economiz)Derived terms
* economization * economizerretrench
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Etymology 1
(etyl) retrenchier, (etyl) retrancher; see (etyl) , and English trench.Verb
(es)- Thy exuberant parts retrench .
- But this thy glory shall be soon retrenched .
- (Addison)
- These figures, ought they then to receive a retrenched interpretation?
- to retrench bastions
- We must retrench and try to hold on long enough for products in development to reach the market or we will be out of business.
Private Equity: Keep Calm and Carry On
- International firms could decide it is not cost-effective to keep open their other European offices and retrench to London.