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What does 'downsizing' mean?



 
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What does 'downsizing' mean? #1 (permalink) Thu Dec 09, 2004 12:17 pm   What does 'downsizing' mean?
 

Test No. incompl/advan-76 "Internet Business", question 3

One of the fashionable ways of saying you've been sacked is to say that your company is .........sizing but you've still lost your job.

(a) down
(b) cut
(c) out
(d) through

Test No. incompl/advan-76 "Internet Business", answer 3

One of the fashionable ways of saying you've been sacked is to say that your company is downsizing but you've still lost your job.

Correct answer: (a) down

Your answer was: incorrect
One of the fashionable ways of saying you've been sacked is to say that your company is outsizing but you've still lost your job.
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plz give me explanation of this question
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Downsizing #2 (permalink) Thu Dec 09, 2004 12:36 pm   Downsizing
 

If a company downsizes they reduce the number of staff empoyed, they lay off some of their employees.
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