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  1. to stop something before it is finished, or to reduce or limit something: to curtail your holiday / spending. With all the snow, our daily walks have been severely curtailed. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to cancel something. cancel Sorry, I have to cancel our plans tonight.

  2. to reduce or limit something: The Federal Reserve raised interest rates slightly to curtail inflation. The last government severely curtailed trade union rights. curtailment. noun [ C or U ] They will not willingly accept any curtailment of their civil liberties.

  3. to stop something before it is finished, or to reduce or limit something: to curtail your holiday / spending. With all the snow, our daily walks have been severely curtailed. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to cancel something. cancel Sorry, I have to cancel our plans tonight.

  4. : to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part. curtail the power of the executive branch. curtail inflation. Some school activities are being curtailed due to a lack of funds. curtailer. (ˌ)kər-ˈtā-lər. noun. Synonyms. abbreviate. abridge. cut back. dock. elide. shorten. syncopate. truncate. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.

  5. Define curtailing. curtailing synonyms, curtailing pronunciation, curtailing translation, English dictionary definition of curtailing. tr.v. cur·tailed , cur·tail·ing , cur·tails To cut short or reduce: We curtailed our conversation when other people entered the room.

  6. To curtail something is to slow it down, put restrictions on it, or stop it entirely. If I give up cake, I am curtailing my cake-eating.

  7. curtail something to limit something or make it last for a shorter time. Spending on books has been severely curtailed. The lecture was curtailed by the fire alarm going off. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin. Want to learn more?