Corporations are downsizing and reducing the amount of profits they put back into R&D.
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Downsizing
Synonyms for "downsizing" (28 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Noun(6 words)
Strong matches (8)
Noun(7 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (14)
Noun(14 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
14 entriesadjustmentcontractioncost cuttingdecreaseeconomyorganizational changepolicy actionportfolio optimizationprocesspublic administrationreductionresource reallocationsavingstrategic management
More specific
13 entriesbudget reductionsdivestiturefacility downsizingfeature reductiongeographic retreatlayoffsportfolio rationalizationproduct line discontinuationproduct line pruningprogram cutsstaff dismissalstaff reductionworkforce reduction
Collocations
10 entriescorporate downsizingdownsizing plandownsizing processdownsizing strategyemployee downsizingheadcount reductionmass downsizingportfolio rationalizationproduct line discontinuationstaff reduction
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
14 translations across 8 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 裁員 /裁员 noun (downsizing of the workforce)
Finnish
1 entries- supistaminen noun (downsizing of the workforce)
French
1 entries- downsizing noun (downsizing of the workforce)
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
2 entries- даунса́йзинг noun (downsizing of the workforce)
- 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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