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DOWNSIZING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable

Synonyms:

curtailment; downsizing; retrenchment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("downsizing" is a kind of...):

economy; saving (an act of economizing; reduction in cost)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb downsize

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