Corporations are downsizing and reducing the amount of profits they put back into R&D.
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Downsizing
Synonyms for "downsizing" (4 found)
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21 translations across 9 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 小型化 noun (miniaturization)
- 裁員 /裁员 noun (downsizing of the workforce)
Finnish
3 entries- pienentäminen noun (miniaturization)
- pienentäminen noun (reducing engine's capacity at same power or increasing engine's power without increasing capacity)
- supistaminen noun (downsizing of the workforce)
French
3 entries- downsizing noun (downsizing of the workforce)
- downsizing noun (miniaturization)
- downsizing noun (reducing engine's capacity at same power or increasing engine's power without increasing capacity)
German
1 entries- Downsizing noun (reducing engine's capacity at same power or increasing engine's power without increasing capacity)
Hungarian
2 entries- leépítés noun (downsizing of the workforce)
- létszámleépítés noun (downsizing of the workforce)
Japanese
2 entries- ダウンサイジング noun (downsizing of the workforce)
- リストラ noun (downsizing of the workforce)
Russian
3 entries- даунса́йзинг noun (downsizing of the workforce)
- даунса́йзинг noun (reducing engine's capacity at same power or increasing engine's power without increasing capacity)
- сокраще́ние noun (downsizing of the workforce)
Spanish
4 entries- recorte de nómina noun (downsizing of the workforce)
- recorte de personal noun (downsizing of the workforce)
- recorte de plantilla noun (downsizing of the workforce)
- reducción de plantilla noun (downsizing of the workforce)
Ukrainian
1 entries- скорочення noun (downsizing of the workforce)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
After all, even salesmen are desperate to avoid being targeted for downsizing.
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The company I worked for was downsizing. Unfortunately, I lost my job.
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We're downsizing.
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