was wotd|2007|August|30
English
Etymology
OF. term|courtault|courtault|which has been shortened, from term|court|court|short + term||-ault

Pronunciation
italbrac|RP IPA|/k���teɪl/
italbrac|US IPA|/k��teɪl/
audio|en-us-curtail.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|eɪl

Verb
en-verb

1. To limit or restrict.

#: Their efforts to curtail spending didn't quite succeed.

1. To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.

#: When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.

1. obsolete To cut short the tail of a horse.

Translations
trans-top|to limit or restrict
Croatian: ograni�iti, stegnuti
trans-mid
French: restreindre
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trans-top|to shorten or abridge
Croatian: skratiti, smanjiti
trans-mid
French: écourter, abréger
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ttbc|Bulgarian: ��к�а�авам, �к���вам
ttbc|Dutch: verminderen, beperken
ttbc|German: beschränken, beschneiden, stutzen
ttbc|Indonesian: kurang|mengurangi, potong|memotong
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