Associations to the word «Downsize»

Wiktionary

DOWNSIZE, verb. (intransitive) To reduce in size or number.
DOWNSIZE, verb. (transitive) To reduce the workforce of.
DOWNSIZE, verb. (transitive) To terminate the employment of.

Dictionary definition

DOWNSIZE, verb. Dismiss from work; "three secretaries were downsized during the financial crisis".
DOWNSIZE, verb. Make in a smaller size; "the car makers downsized the SUVs when fuel became very expensive".
DOWNSIZE, verb. Reduce in size or number; "the company downsized its research staff".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin