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الْمَنْعِ
Personalabbau
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German
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I. ˈdown·siz·ing N
1. downsizing no pl (staff reduction):
downsizing
Personalabbau m <-(e)s> kein pl
downsizing
Stellenabbau m <-(e)s> kein pl
2. downsizing (cut in staff):
downsizing
Entlassungswelle f
downsizing
Kündigungswelle f
downsizing
Rationalisierung f <-, -en>
II. ˈdown·siz·ing ADJ attr, inv
downsizing
sich acc verkleinernd
downsizing company
Unternehmen, das Personal abbaut
ˈdown·size VB intr
1. downsize ECON:
downsize
Personal abbauen
downsize
sich acc verkleinern
2. downsize (move to smaller house):
downsize
sich acc verkleinern
German
German
English
English
Stellenabbau
downsizing no pl
etw verschlanken
to downsize [or sep trim down] sth
sich verkleinern (in kleinere Wohnung ziehen; die Belegschaft reduzieren) inf
to downsize
Personalabbau
downsizing no pl, no indef art
English
English
German
German
downsizing N CORP STRUCT
downsizing (Unternehmenskonzept, bei dem Betriebe verkleinert und Abteilungen ausgelagert werden)
Downsizing nt
German
German
English
English
Downsizing (Unternehmenskonzept, bei dem Betriebe verkleinert und Abteilungen ausgelagert werden)
downsizing
Present
Idownsize
youdownsize
he/she/itdownsizes
wedownsize
youdownsize
theydownsize
Past
Idownsized
youdownsized
he/she/itdownsized
wedownsized
youdownsized
theydownsized
Present Perfect
Ihavedownsized
youhavedownsized
he/she/ithasdownsized
wehavedownsized
youhavedownsized
theyhavedownsized
Past Perfect
Ihaddownsized
youhaddownsized
he/she/ithaddownsized
wehaddownsized
youhaddownsized
theyhaddownsized
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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)
downsizing company
Unternehmen, das Personal abbaut
etw verschlanken
to downsize [or sep trim down] sth
Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)
Since the downsizing, the site has been plagued by crime on its property, and has had several security breaches.
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The beginning of downsizing the fire department began in the 1950s.
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The industry downsizing of vehicles also affected the personal luxury models.
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In 1984, the company declared bankruptcy and restructured itself as a commercial phone/speech auto-answering systems company after downsizing much of the staff.
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One must also consider the financial burden of downsizing to one income when one parent must repatriate.
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However, one must keep in mind that by implementing the necessary downsizing, Telekom Austria is sustaining profitability of the company and thus is securing approximately 10,000 jobs, ” as Prof. Michael Kunze, who has assisted Telekom Austria AG’s personnel restructuring process since April 2001, states.
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Dennoch darf man nicht vergessen, dass Telekom Austria durch den notwendigen Personalabbau nachhaltig die Wirtschaftlichkeit des Unternehmens und somit rund 10.000 Arbeitsplätze sicherstellt”, so Prof. Michael Kunze, der seit April 2001 die Personalrestrukturierung der Telekom Austria AG begleitet.
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