zmniejszenie — meaning in English

English meaning

• attrition noun A gradual wearing down or reduction, especially of staff or resources over time rather than through direct cuts.
• cutback noun A cut made to an existing programme or service, to reduce it.

Senses

zmniejszenie is used for these senses in English:

• attrition (human resources) A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through injury, incapacitation, retirement, resignation, or death.
• cutback A reduction of some sort in an existing program or service.

attrition — full definition

1. noun A gradual wearing down or reduction, especially of staff or resources over time rather than through direct cuts.
2. noun The physical wearing away of a surface by friction or grinding.

cutback — full definition

1. noun A cut made to an existing programme or service, to reduce it.
2. noun (surfing) A move in which the surfer turns back towards the part of the wave that is breaking.
3. noun Bitumen thinned with a solvent, used in roofing glues, cements and coatings applied without heat.
4. noun A pass, made by the attacking side, sent to a spot farther from the goal line being attacked.

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