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☆ down·size (-sīz′)

transitive verb downsized -·sized′, downsizing -·siz′·ing

  1. to design or manufacture a smaller version of
  2. to reduce in size, extent, etc. to downsize a company by eliminating jobs

intransitive verb

to become smaller in size or extent, as by eliminating employees or reducing expenditures

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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