0 past simple and past participle of curtail
1 to stop something before it is finished, or to reduce or limit something:
If outlays threaten to exceed the threshold, allotments must be reduced and/or enrollments curtailed unless the cap is expressly overridden by legislative action.
It was curtailed once the money dried up with the phasing out of privatisation and the nation's economic contraction that set in after 1997.
In the absence of partners, older people sometimes found their social networks curtailed.
Certainly, conditionality and, in places, the restriction of aid flows, have curtailed the resources available to those in state power.
An assertive president is likely to have his formal powers curtailed if she were ever to try to use them.
Participants heard how difficult it is to stop a determined thief, which may have curtailed support for policing and obviation.
In practice, the scope that employees have to bargain is severely curtailed by the nature of the labour market.
Once private transport is unavailable, discretionary trips may be curtailed or cease.
