Definition of "downsizes" [downsizes]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downsize. (verb)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "Every time a company "downsizes" - that is to say, fires workers - its productivity figures go up if the same quantity of goods/services is produced."
• "I don't want to be the next one laid off when the company downsizes again, says John de Graaf, executive director of Take Back Your Time, Seattle, a nonprofit that researches the effects of overwork."
• ""The military might not need their specialty anymore, especially as it downsizes in Iraq," he says."