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      downsize
      verb
      (of a company) reduce in size or number of employees
      design or manufacture in a smaller size
      dismiss from work
      Roots
      dunedown- · Old English · downward, reduceassisesize- · Old French · size, extent
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      The word downsize breaks down into 2 roots of Old English and Old French origin: down-, from Old English dune (“downward, reduce”); and size, from Old French assise (“size, extent”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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