containment
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Learner's definition of CONTAINMENT
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1
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the act of preventing the spread of something
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The company's hazardous waste containment plan is being reviewed.
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trying to achieve cost containment [=trying to prevent costs from becoming too high]
2
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actions that are intended to keep an unfriendly government from getting more power
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The government needs to adopt a containment strategy.
