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1 curtail
transitive verbkürzen; abkürzen [Urlaub]; beschneiden [Macht]* * *[kə'teil](make less, shorter etc (than was originally intended): I've had to curtail my visit.) verkürzen- academic.ru/17936/curtailment">curtailment* * *cur·tail[kɜ:ˈteɪl, AM kɚˈ-]vt▪ to \curtail sth1. (reduce) etw kürzento \curtail expenditure die Ausgaben kürzento \curtail output die Produktion drosselnto \curtail public spending die öffentlichen Ausgaben kürzento \curtail sb's rights jds Rechte beschneiden2. (shorten) etw verkürzento \curtail a holiday einen Urlaub frühzeitig abbrechento \curtail a speech/visit eine Rede/einen Besuch abbrechen* * *[kɜː'teɪl]vtkürzen* * *1. (ab-, ver)kürzen:curtailed word Kurzwort n2. beschneiden, stutzen3. fig Ausgaben etc kürzen, Preise etc herabsetzen, auch jemandes Rechte etc beschneiden, be-, einschränken:curtail wages (die) Löhne kürzen oder herabsetzen* * *transitive verbkürzen; abkürzen [Urlaub]; beschneiden [Macht]* * *v.kürzen v.
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