Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.
rightsize — rightsizing right‧siz‧ing [ˈraɪtˌsaɪzɪŋ] noun [uncountable] 1. HUMAN RESOURCES when a company becomes a more suitable size, especially by employing fewer people: • Many aerospace workers lost their jobs as a result of rightsizing. 2. COMPUTING … Financial and business terms
rightsize — UK [ˈraɪtˌsaɪz] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms rightsize : present tense I/you/we/they rightsize he/she/it rightsizes present participle rightsizing past tense rightsized past participle rightsized business if a company rightsizes … English dictionary
rightsize — /ruyt suyz /, v.t., rightsized, rightsizing. to adjust to an appropriate size: Layoffs will be necessary to rightsize our workforce. [1985 90] * * * … Universalium
rightsize — right•size [[t]ˈraɪtˌsaɪz[/t]] v. t. sized, siz•ing. bus to adjust to an appropriate size: Layoffs will be necessary to rightsize our workforce[/ex] • Etymology: 1985–90 … From formal English to slang
rightsize — Date: 1989 transitive verb to reduce (as a workforce) to an optimal size intransitive verb to undergo a reduction to an optimal size … New Collegiate Dictionary
rightsize — verb downsize … Wiktionary
rightsize — v To fire people. They are rightsizing the company by 1000 jobs. 1990s … Historical dictionary of American slang
rightsize — v. change the number of work force, reduce the staff to an appropriate or most efficient size (term used in the United States) … English contemporary dictionary
rightsize — verb chiefly US convert to an optimum size, in particular shed staff from (an organization) … English new terms dictionary
rightsize — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ transitive verb : to reduce (as a work force) to an optimal size intransitive verb : to undergo a reduction to an optimal size the company said it rightsized successfully … Useful english dictionary
