downsize
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈdaʊnsaɪz/
downsize (downsizes, present participle downsizing; past and past participle downsized)
- (intransitive) To reduce in size or number.
- Joe and Edna moved to a bungalow after deciding to downsize when the children had left home.
- The company chose to downsize by laying off half of its workers.
- (transitive) To reduce the workforce of.
- Synonyms: rightsize
- They downsized the division by offering attractive early-retirement packages and selling off an office building.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To terminate the employment of.
- Synonyms: Thesaurus:lay off
- Joe got downsized and became a plumber.
- rightsize
- upsize
- Russian: (imperfective) сокраща́ть
- Spanish: hacer recortes de personal, hacer recortes de plantilla, reajustar la plantilla
- Russian: увольнять
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