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Definition of Curtail

Curtail
Curtail Cur*tail" (k[u^]r*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curtailed (-t[=a]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Curtailing.] [See Curtal.] To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce. I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. --Shak. Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled. --Macaulay.
Curtail
Curtail Cur"tail (k?r"t?l), n. The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.

Meaning of Curtail from wikipedia

- Look up curtailment in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Curtailment may refer to: Restricting or limiting civil liberties Jurisdiction stripping or curtailment...
- In electric grid power generators, curtailment is the deliberate reduction in output below what could have been produced in order to balance energy supply...
- scheduled end by paying some or all of the remainder prematurely, called curtailment. An amortization schedule is typically worked out taking the prin****l...
- domestic and international trade. Boston's harbor activity was significantly curtailed by the Embargo Act of 1807 (adopted during the Napoleonic Wars) and the...
- United States law, jurisdiction-stripping (also called court-stripping or curtailment-of-jurisdiction) is the limiting or reducing of a court's jurisdiction...
- Supreme Court case, in which the Court ruled that Parliament could not curtail any of the Fundamental Rights in the Constitution. The family of Golak...
- event that could cause human extinction or permanently and drastically curtail humanity's existence or potential is known as an "existential risk". In...
- military service. Career and educational opportunities for women were curtailed. **** Propaganda Ministry disseminated films, antisemitic canards, and...
- India's colonial period. By this time, with its economic power severely curtailed by the British parliament and having effectively been made an arm of British...
- Western Europe brought ideas of liberalism back to Russia, and attempted to curtail the tsar's powers during the abortive Decembrist revolt of 1825. At the...