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Personalabbau

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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
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Stellenabbau
downsizing no pl
Personalabbau
downsizing no pl, no indef art
sich verkleinern (in kleinere Wohnung ziehen; die Belegschaft reduzieren) inf
to downsize
etw verschlanken
to downsize [or sep trim down] sth

PONS Banking, Finance and Insurance Dictionary

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downsizing N CORP STRUCT

downsizing (Unternehmenskonzept, bei dem Betriebe verkleinert und Abteilungen ausgelagert werden)
Downsizing nt
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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)

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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The measures might include replacing top executives, downsizing operations, or liquidating the company.
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The downsizing was obtained thanks to the shortening of the stroke of the pistons and a redesign of the reciprocating parts.
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This can be done by selling assets, abandoning difficult markets, stopping unprofitable production lines, downsizing and outsourcing.
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In addition, corporate downsizing was in full swing.
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