DOWNSIZE

downsize

(verb) (of a company) reduce in size or number of employees; “the company downsized its research staff”

downsize

(verb) design or manufacture in a smaller size; “the car makers downsized the SUVs when fuel became very expensive”

downsize

(verb) dismiss from work; “three secretaries were downsized during the financial crisis”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

downsize (third-person singular simple present downsizes, present participle downsizing, simple past and past participle downsized)

(intransitive) To reduce in size or number.

(transitive) To reduce the workforce of.

Synonym: rightsize (euphemistic)

(transitive, euphemistic) To terminate the employment of.

Synonym: Thesaurus:lay off

Anagrams

• size down

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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