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transitive verb Etymology: by folk etymology from earlier curtal to dock an animal's tail, from curtal, noun, animal with a docked tail, from Middle French courtault — more at curtal Date: 1580 to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part ~ the power of the executive branch ~ inflation Synonyms: see shorten • ~er noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 cut short; reduce; terminate esp. prematurely (curtailed his visit to America). 2 (foll. by of) archaic deprive of. Derivatives curtailment n. Etymology: obs. curtal horse with docked tail f. F courtault f. court short f. L curtus: assim. to tail ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. сокращать; укорачивать, урезывать, уменьшать to curtail a speech —- сокращать речь to curtail words —- сокращать слова to curtail spending —- ограничить расходы to curtail smb.'s salary —- урезать кому-л. зарплату to curtail smb. of his privileges —- лишать кого-л. части привилегии, урезать кому-л. привилегии 2. спорт. укорачивать шаг ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ v formal to reduce something such as the amount of money you spend (The Government wants private firms to curtail wage rises. | Our evening's enjoyment was curtailed when Alfred became ill.) - curtailment n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1471, from M.Fr. courtault "made short," from court "short," from L. curtus (see curt) + -ault pejorative suffix of Gmc. origin. Originally curtal; used of horses with docked tails, which probably influenced the spelling. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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