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Definition of Downsize

1. Verb. Dismiss from work. "Three secretaries were downsized during the financial crisis"

2. Verb. Make in a smaller size. "The car makers downsized the SUVs when fuel became very expensive"

3. Verb. Reduce in size or number. "The company downsized its research staff"

Definition of Downsize

1. Verb. (intransitive) To reduce in size or number. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To reduce the workforce of. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To terminate the employment of. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Downsize

1. to produce in a smaller size [v -SIZED, -SIZING, -SIZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Downsize

downselects downset downsets downshift downshifted downshifter downshifters downshifting downshifts downshock

downshocks downside downsides downsitting downsittings downsize (current term) downsized downsizer downsizers downsizes

downsizing downsizings downslide downslides downslope downslopes downsloping downslur downslurs downsome

Literary usage of Downsize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. U. S. Information Agency: Options for Addressing Possible Budget Reductions by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"In response, the Agency developed a multiyear strategy to downsize and reinvent its operations. The consolidation of VOA and RFE/RL eliminated ..."

2. Workforce Reductions: Downsizing Strategies Used in Selected Organizations by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Moreover, the decision to downsize the government was largely made without clear evidence that federal agencies had more employees than they needed to ..."

3. Computers, Peripherals, and Computer Components: Industry and Trade Summary by Julie Throne (1994)
"Downsizing Computer Platforms Consumers that have previously purchased large-scale systems have begun to "downsize" computer platforms, ..."

4. Aircraft Electrical System Safety: Congressional Hearing edited by Tillie K. Fowler (2002)
"If we can downsize Government, we can downsize the harnesses in aircraft. That should be a goal. Second of all, my question is, do we have the type of ..."

5. Federal Hiring from the Welfare Rolls: Congressional Hearings edited by John L. Mica (1999)
"Second, let me explain how this is possible—even as we downsize. As we downsize, we are still hiring to fill vacancies. Last year, in fact, we hired about ..."

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