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downsizing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | curtailment, retrenchment |
| Type of | economy, saving |
Examples of downsizing
downsizing
Then he began a brutal downsizing to raise cash and sharpen the company's focus.
From the businessweek.com
After years of corporate downsizing, self-proclaimed consultants are ubiquitous.
From the businessweek.com
He had a difficult job at Leicester, downsizing and getting rid of high earners.
From the telegraph.co.uk
To make your downsizing sums work you might also have to move to a cheaper area.
From the express.co.uk
Downsizing helped carriers bolster fares while travel budgets and demand shrank.
From the usatoday.com
She said Youth Bureau cuts could result in downsizing or closing Onesimus House.
From the buffalonews.com
The diocese, in a downsizing move, turned out the lights on St. Francis in 2007.
From the buffalonews.com
The downsizing involves leaving 36 positions vacant and laying off 49 employees.
From the dispatch.com
The interior of your home is not the only area that can benefit from downsizing.
From the timesunion.com
- Dismiss from work; "three secretaries were downsized during the financial crisis"
- Make in a smaller size; "the car makers downsized the SUVs when fuel became very expensive"
- Reduce in size or number; "the company downsized its research staff"
- (downsizing) retrenchment: the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
- 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 ...
- 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. ...
- The following is a list of episodes from the BBC television series, The Office.
- (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
- (Downsizing) a reduction in a company's work force to improve its bottom line.
