Third-person singular simple present indicative form of retrench

(transitive) To cut down or reduce. / (transitive, specifically) To terminate the employment of a worker to reduce the size of a workforce; to make redundant.

(transitive) To dig or redig a trench where one already exists.

(specifically) An act of reducing expenses; economizing. / (specifically) An act of terminating the employment of a worker or making an employee redundant, often to reduce expenses; a layoff.

(military, dated) A defensive work constructed within a fortification to make it more defensible by allowing defenders to retreat into and fight from it even after the enemy has taken the outer work.

plural of retrenchment

simple past tense and past participle of retrench

present participle of retrench

One who retrenches.

plural of retrencher