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(intransitive) To reduce in size or number. / (transitive) To reduce the workforce of. / (transitive, euphemistic) To terminate the employment of.

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downsize

verb

The company decided to downsize its workforce due to financial difficulties.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To reduce in size or number.

Joe and Edna moved to a bungalow after deciding to downsize when the children had left home.

意味（2）

(transitive) To reduce the workforce of.

They downsized the division by offering attractive early-retirement packages and selling off an office building.

意味（3）

(transitive, euphemistic) To terminate the employment of.

Joe got downsized and became a plumber.