downsize

• Verbe désignant l'action de réduire la taille, l'échelle ou le nombre d'employés d'une entreprise ou d'une organisation, souvent dans un but de restructuration ou de réduction des coûts.

A verb used to indicate the act of reducing the size, scale, or number of employees in a company or organization.

1. Dismiss from workB2formalbusiness

   To reduce the number of employees in a company, often to cut costs.

   Licencier pour réduire les effectifs

   • The company decided to downsize its workforce by 20%.
   • Many employees were downsized during the economic downturn.
   • The firm downsized its staff to remain competitive.

   Synonymesaxedischargedismissfirelay offlet goterminate

   Antonymesemployhireretain

2. Make in a smaller sizeB2formal

   To create a smaller version of something, such as a product or design.

   Réduire à une plus petite taille

   • The manufacturer downsized the car model to improve fuel efficiency.
   • They downsized the packaging to reduce waste.
   • The architect downsized the building plans to fit the budget.

   Synonymescondensecontractcurtaildecreasediminishminiaturizereducescale downshrinktrim

   Antonymesenlargeexpandincreasemagnify

3. Reduce in size or numberB2formal

   To make something smaller in scale, quantity, or scope.

   réduire en taille ou en nombre

   • The family downsized their home after the children moved out.
   • The company downsized its operations to focus on core products.
   • We need to downsize our inventory to save storage space.

   Synonymescurtailcutcut backdecreasediminishlessenreducescale downshrinktrim

   Antonymesaugmentenlargeexpandextendincreaseupscale