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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 the electric power industry, curtailment is an involuntary reduction of the electric generator output ("dispatch down") made to maintain the grid stability...
- scheduled end by paying some or all of the remainder prematurely, called curtailment. An amortization schedule is typically worked out taking the prin****l...
- United States law, jurisdiction-stripping (also called court-stripping or curtailment-of-jurisdiction) is the limiting or reducing of a court's jurisdiction...
- Combatant (LSC) initiative that followed the cancellation of CG(X) and curtailing of the procurement of the Zumwalt-class destroyers. The ships will become...
- 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...
- directly or indirectly violated it. The concept of izzat has been viewed as curtailing the freedom and rights of women, yet characterised on a general level...
- Peggy is a female first name (often curtailed to "Peg") derived from Meggy, a diminutive version of the name Margaret. Peggy Adam, French comic book artist...
- were lost. While the later Stalinist period was characterized by the curtailing of creativity and architectural innovation, the earlier post-revolutionary...
- president may remove executive officials at will. However, Congress can curtail and constrain a president's authority to fire commissioners of independent...