downsizing

English

Etymology

From downsize +‎ -ing.

Verb

downsizing

1. present participle and gerund of downsize

Noun

downsizing (countable and uncountable, plural downsizings)

1. An act in which a company downsizes or is downsized.

   He lost his job in the last downsizing.

2. Miniaturization.
3. (automotive) Reducing engine's capacity at same power or increasing engine's power without increasing capacity.

   Downsizing is one of the leading trends in automotive engine design.

Translations

downsizing of the workforce

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 裁員／裁员 (zh) (cáiyuán)

• Finnish: supistaminen (fi)
• Hungarian: leépítés (hu), létszámleépítés (hu)
• Japanese: ダウンサイジング (daunsaizingu), リストラ (ja) (risutora)
• Russian: сокраще́ние (ru) n (sokraščénije)
• Spanish: recorte de personal m, recorte de plantilla m, recorte de nómina m, reducción de plantilla f
• Ukrainian: скорочення (uk) n (skoročennja)

miniaturization

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小型化 (xiǎoxínghuà)

• Finnish: pienentäminen

reducing engine's capacity at same power or increasing engine's power without increasing capacity

• Finnish: pienentäminen
• German: Downsizing n