downsizing

See also: Downsizing

English

Etymology

From downsize +‎ -ing.

Verb

downsizing

present participle and gerund of downsize

Noun

downsizing (countable and uncountable, plural downsizings)

An act in which a company downsizes or is downsized.
He lost his job in the last downsizing.
Miniaturization.
(automotive) Reducing engine's capacity at same power or increasing engine's power without increasing capacity.
Downsizing is one of the leading trends in automotive engine design.

Descendants

→ French: downsizing
→ German: Downsizing
→ Russian: даунса́йзинг (daunsájzing)

Translations

downsizing of the workforce

Chinese:
Mandarin: 裁員 / 裁员 (zh) (cáiyuán)
Finnish: supistaminen (fi)
French: downsizing (fr) m
Hungarian: leépítés (hu), létszámleépítés (hu)
Japanese: ダウンサイジング (daunsaizingu), リストラ (ja) (risutora)
Russian: сокраще́ние (ru) n (sokraščénije), даунса́йзинг (ru) m (daunsájzing)
Spanish: recorte de personal m, recorte de plantilla m, recorte de nómina m, reducción de plantilla f
Ukrainian: скорочення (uk) n (skoročennja)

miniaturization

Chinese:
Mandarin: 小型化 (xiǎoxínghuà)
Finnish: pienentäminen (fi)
French: downsizing (fr) m

reducing engine's capacity at same power or increasing engine's power without increasing capacity

Finnish: pienentäminen (fi)
French: downsizing (fr) m
German: Downsizing n
Russian: даунса́йзинг (ru) m (daunsájzing)