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downsize /ˈdaʊnsʌɪz /verb [with object]1North American Make (something) smaller: I downsized the rear wheel to 26 inches...- Also unlike a hybrid, this system would bring back the bank of batteries used in EVs, but greatly downsize it to reduce cost and weight and increase usable packaging space.
- ‘We downsized our house and trimmed our needs so we don't need the higher income at all, ‘she says.’
- Following rivals P&G and Colgate-Palmolive, which downsized some powder detergent brands last year, Unilever will scale down its Wisk and powder starting in July.
2Make (a company or organization) smaller by shedding staff: a TV news producer told what happened after her network downsized the newsroom...- The draft of the Executive Yuan Organization Act would downsize the Cabinet from the current 35 administrative entities to 23, plus four independent institutions.
- The following morning, ScottishPower announced a £60m restructuring to downsize the company after the sale of PacifiCorp, including the board reshuffle.
- The major point in the contract is that the employees who will be downsized three years before their retirement age will receive a 9-wage severance package.
2.1 [no object] (Of a company) shed staff: recession forced many companies to downsize...- Employment at Shannon Free Zone reduced by 6% to 7,373 at the end of 2002 with many companies downsizing due to the global economic downturn.
- And while many Western companies are downsizing at home, they are boosting hiring at their own labs in India, China, and Eastern Europe.
- With companies busy downsizing - oops, rightsizing is the politically correct word - dressing down has become the order of the day.
Rhymesadvise, apprise, apprize, arise, assize, capsize, chastise, comprise, demise, despise, devise, excise, flies, guise, incise, low-rise, misprize, outsize, previse, prise, prize, remise, revise, rise, size, surmise, surprise, uprise, wise |