retrenching
Reducing expenses drastically
Retrenching is cutting back or reducing, especially expenses or operations.
A company retrenches by laying off workers, closing divisions, or scaling down ambitious plans: After the merger fell through, the firm began retrenching.
The word implies a defensive pullback—regrouping after setbacks rather than strategic repositioning.
Mass job eliminations
- cutbacksReductions in spending
- redundanciesUnneeded duplications or repetitions
- workforce reductionCutting employee headcount
- staff reductionDecreasing employee numbers
restructuring · cost-cutting · streamlining · efficiency · lean · austerity · budgeting · economizing
Establishing a defensive position
- entrenchmentsFortified defensive positions
- earthworksConstructed soil fortifications
- fortificationsDefensive barriers against attack
- defensive positionsPlaces fortified against assault
bunkers · dugouts · strongholds · consolidating · hunkering down · regrouping · withdrawing · fallback
layoffs
Mass job eliminations
- cutbacksReductions in spending
- redundanciesUnneeded duplications or repetitions
- workforce reductionCutting employee headcount
staff reduction · restructuring · cost-cutting · streamlining · efficiency · lean · austerity · budgeting · economizing · frugality
digging in
Establishing a defensive position
- entrenchmentsFortified defensive positions
- earthworksConstructed soil fortifications
- fortificationsDefensive barriers against attack
defensive positions · bunkers · dugouts · strongholds · consolidating · hunkering down · regrouping · withdrawing · fallback · defensive lines
retrenchingexpanding
Growing in scope
growing · hiring · scaling up · building up · staffing up
retrenchinginvesting
Committing capital for gain
spending · increasing · splurging · capitalizing · funding
retrenchingexpanding
Growing in scope
advancing · pushing forward · extending · branching out · aggressing
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