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n. - The reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable; The act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; The temporal property of being cut short.

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  • The curtailment is a result of uncertainty in obtaining future power supply for the smelters at competitive rates and the financial impact of today's European Commission
  • CURTAILMENTS AND SETTLEMENTS 15.1 A curtailment occurs when an entity either reduces the number of employees covered by the plan or amends the terms of a defined benefit...
  • "The curtailment is a result of uncertainty in obtaining future power supply for the smelters at competitive rates and the financial impact of (the) European Commission...
  • That is when operators do something called "curtailment" of the turbines, and that is when New Sky's technology can and should run.
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