rightsize

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verb

To downsize.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

verbrightsize (third-person singular simple present rightsizes, present participle rightsizing, simple past and past participle rightsized)

present singular third person rightsizes · participle present rightsizing · participle past rightsized · past rightsized · alternative right-size

  1. euphemisticbusinessTo downsize.

    Now is not the time to kid yourself—face the brutal facts and get on with your rightsizing decision. A rightsizing decision checklist follows this chapter.

    2011, Bill Welter, Rightsizing Your Business: Breakthrough Strategies to Create a Flexible and Profitable Business in Any Economy, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN
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    In summary, there are significant costs to a medical practice if it has too few or too many support staff. It is critical to rightsize staff with the appropriate methodology and tools to perform this analysis correctly on the first attempt.

    2003, Deborah L. Walker, David N. Gans, Rightsizing: Appropriate Staffing for Your Medical Practice, Medical Group Management Association, →ISBN, page 9

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Chicago

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