scale down

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To reduce the size of something whilst maintaining proportion
To reduce the cost of a process, or the amount spent on something
To purchase or sell a scale down means to buy or sell at regular price intervals in a declining market To buy or sell on scale up means to buy or sell at regular price intervals as the market advances
vb
reduce proportionally; "The model is scaled down"
make smaller; "reduce an image"
reduce proportionally; "The model is scaled down
If you scale down something, you make it smaller in size, amount, or extent than it used to be. One Peking factory has had to scale down its workforce from six hundred to only six The Romanian government yesterday unveiled a new, scaled-down security force. = reduce
scale down

    Hyphenation

    scale Down

    Turkish pronunciation

    skeyl daun

    Antonyms

    scale up

    Pronunciation

    /ˈskāl ˈdoun/ /ˈskeɪl ˈdaʊn/

    Etymology

    [ 'skA(&)l ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English, bowl, scale of a balance, from Old Norse skAl; akin to Old Norse skel shell; more at SHELL.
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