downsize
pronunciation
How to pronounce downsize in British English:
UK [ˈdaʊnsaɪz]
How to pronounce downsize in American English:
US [ˈdaʊnsaɪz]
Word Origin
- downsize (v.)
- 1986 in reference to companies shedding jobs; earlier (1975) in reference to U.S. automakers building smaller cars and trucks (supposedly a coinage at General Motors), from down (adv.) + size (v.). Related: Downsized; downsizing.
Example
- 1. Nor would their proposals force existing financial firms to downsize .
- 2. Sales have decreased so much that they need to downsize .
- 3. Even well-run companies are being forced to downsize .
- 4. And don 't downsize your home because of me .
- 5. President-elect lee myung-bak , due to be sworn in monday , initially drew criticism by announcing he would downsize the ministry into a department of the south korean foreign ministry .