Definition of Curtailing. Meaning of Curtailing. Synonyms of Curtailing

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Curtailing. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Curtailing and, of course, Curtailing synonyms and on the right images related to the word Curtailing.

Definition of Curtailing

Curtailing
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.

Meaning of Curtailing 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...
- United States law, jurisdiction-stripping (also called court-stripping or curtailment-of-jurisdiction) is the limiting or reducing of a court's jurisdiction...
- scheduled end by paying some or all of the remainder prematurely, called curtailment. An amortization schedule is typically worked out taking the prin****l...
- Combatant (LSC) initiative that followed the cancellation of CG(X) and curtailing of the procurement of the Zumwalt-class destroyers. The ships will become...
- banned in many European countries (especially Germany) in an effort to curtail neo-****sm. The term neo-****sm describes any post-World War II militant...
- measures which included altering images and destroying film. The USSR curtailed access to ****, which was specifically prohibited by Soviet law...
- president may remove executive officials at will. However, Congress can curtail and constrain a president's authority to fire commissioners of independent...
- 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...
- regime of international sanctions against Iran in an effort to force it to curtail its nuclear program, which eventually led to the multinational Joint Comprehensive...