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downsize (v.)
1986 in reference to companies shedding jobs; earlier (1975) in reference to U.S. automakers building smaller cars and trucks (supposedly a coinage at General Motors), from
down
(adv.) +
size
(v.). Related:
Downsized
;
downsizing
.
