Word: retrenchment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: re
trench
ment
Definition: An act of terminating the employment of a worker or making an employee redundant, often to reduce expenses; a layoff.
Morphemes:
Affix: retrench
Language: en
Meaning: to cut down, reduce; to reduce expenses; to make redundant
Etymology Compounds: Affix: re-
Language: fro
Decoded: re-
Meaning: suffix meaning ‘again’
Affix: tranchier
Language: fro
Decoded: tranchier
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to cut (make an incision)
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.