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downsize
[ doun-sahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to design or manufacture a smaller version or type of:
The automotive industry downsized its cars for improved fuel economy.
- to reduce in size or number; cut back:
Many small businesses are forced to downsize their workforce during a slow economy.
- to dismiss (an employee); lay off or fire:
After I was downsized from my marketing position, I took to substitute teaching to make a little money.
verb (used without object)
- to become smaller in size or number:
The military is downsizing— reducing overseas deployments—and as a result is spending less on supplies.
- to move into a smaller residence:
Retirees are downsizing these days, giving up oversized and empty nests for apartments that are easier to care for.
adjective
- Also downsized. being of a smaller size or version:
a downsize car.
downsize
/ ˈdaʊnˌsaɪz /
verb
- to reduce the operating costs of a company by reducing the number of people it employs
- to reduce the size of or produce a smaller version of (something)
- to upgrade (a computer system) by replacing a mainframe or minicomputer with a network of microcomputers Compare rightsize
downsize
- To reduce in number, especially personnel: “The company decided to downsize half the workers in the aircraft division.” It can also be used in reference to objects: “I decided to downsize my wardrobe and threw out all my old T-shirts.”
Notes
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Her family — two children, her parents, her sister, and two nieces — downsized to a two-bedroom apartment after she lost her wages working at a college cafeteria.
“Legacy List” — “keep the memories, lose the stuff” — travels to the homes of people who are downsizing or moving.
Many downsized or rescheduled, sometimes for months or a year later.
Six years later, a new Smithsonian administration has jettisoned the eye-popping elements of the $2 billion design by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, opting instead for a dramatically downsized version.
That money, it turns out, goes a long way when many other teams are downsizing.
Downsize Fitness, a Chicago-based, overweight-only gym, is upsizing in a hurry.
But Downsize Fitness, which requires members to be overweight, plans to make a profit by creating community.
Downsize wants to grow by opening gyms under its own name and ownership, rather than selling franchises and licenses.
Downsize has combined these three insights into a new business model.
To join Downsize, members must have at least 50 pounds of weight to lose.
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