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/ˈdounˌsīz/,
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downsizing, present participle; downsized, past tense; downsized, past participle; downsizes, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Make (something) smaller
    • - I downsized the rear wheel to 26 inches
  2. Make (a company or organization) smaller by eliminating staff positions

  3. (of a company) Eliminate staff positions
    • - recession forced many companies to downsize
  1. dismiss from work; "three secretaries were downsized during the financial crisis"
  2. make in a smaller size; "the car makers downsized the SUVs when fuel became very expensive"
  3. reduce in size or number; "the company downsized its research staff"
  4. (downsizing) retrenchment: the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
  5. Layoff (in UK and US English), also called redundancy in the UK, is the temporary suspension or permanent termination of employment of an employee or (more commonly) a group of employees for business reasons, such as when certain positions are no longer necessary or when a business slow-down ...
  6. Downsizing in the automobile industry is the practice of redesigning a vehicle to retain the interior volume, and often the nameplate and styling of a larger car to a smaller, more efficient platform. ...
  7. The following is a list of episodes from the BBC television series, The Office.
  8. (downsizing) An act in which a company downsizes or is downsized; miniaturization; Reducing engine's capacity at same power or increasing engine's power without increasing capacity
  9. (Downsizing) a reduction in a company's work force to improve its bottom line.
  10. (Downsizing) The laying-off of employees to restructure the business.
  11. (Downsizing) Reducing the number of employees in an organization. Also known as reduction in force.
  12. (Downsizing) A reduction in the number of employees that occurs due to management decision, not associated with natural attrition.
  13. (Down-sizing) A euphemism for making people redundant. Sometimes called ‘right-sizing’. Unsurprisingly, right-sizing rarely involves increasing headcount.
  14. (Downsizing) (including “rightsizing”): Reducing costs by cutting back the size of the workforce.
  15. (Downsizing) A planned measure by an employer to reduce the numbers of employees in the organization. Sometimes also used to refer to the disposal of unwanted subsidiaries, operating units or assets. (See redundancy)
  16. (Downsizing) A reduction in the staffing requirements of businesses which can follow after privatisation for a variety of reasons such as competitive pressures or the need to increase the profitability of the business by cutting costs
  17. (Downsizing) An integrated approach to configuring processes, products and people in order to match costs to the activities that need to be performed for operating effectively and efficiently.
  18. (Downsizing) Fair Market Value appraisals to determine current market worth of excess personal property
  19. (Downsizing) The elimination of redundant or unnecessary positions.
  20. (Downsizing) The preference of some consumers to purchase jeans in a size or two smaller than their actual size in anticipation of the material loosening and expanding over time and use. ...
  21. (Downsizing) The process of adjyusting downward the number of employees required to perform jobs in newly designed organizations. [GB]
  22. (Downsizing) The process of reducing capacity. Usually by laying off staff.
  23. (Downsizing) The reduction in both total staffing and layers of management.
  24. (Downsizing) Using smaller, cheaper computer or communications systems to do the same job - and employing fewer workers.
  25. (Downsizing) When companies slash costs, streamline operations, and/or let employees go.