upsizings
Making things bigger
Upsizings are instances of making something larger or increasing its scale.
The term appears most often in business contexts—corporate upsizings add staff or expand operations, the opposite of downsizings.
In casual use, upsizing means ordering a larger portion: The restaurant's upsizings added hundreds of calories to meals.
Giving someone work
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
- headcountTotal of individuals present
- staffingProviding personnel for positions
- workforceAll available workers
positions · vacancies · onboarding · employers · opportunities · careers · manpower · full-time
Increase in size
- supersizingIncreasing to largest size
- magnificationDegree of visual enlargement
- wideningIncreasing in extent
- broadeningIncreasing in extent
extension · thickening · distension · swelling · amplification · stretching · lengthening · dimensions
Increase in scope
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- boomLoud deep sound
increase · multiplication · intensification · accumulation · advancement · development · flourishing · acceleration
Corporate consolidations
- acquisitionsThings newly gained
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- expansionIncrease in scope
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
scaling · conglomerate · capitalization · valuation · equity · marketshare · diversification · integration
hiring
Giving someone work
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
- headcountTotal of individuals present
- staffingProviding personnel for positions
workforce · positions · vacancies · onboarding · employers · opportunities · careers · manpower · full-time · contractors
enlargement
Increase in size
- supersizingIncreasing to largest size
- magnificationDegree of visual enlargement
- wideningIncreasing in extent
broadening · extension · thickening · distension · swelling · amplification · stretching · lengthening · dimensions · proportions
expansion
Increase in scope
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- surgeSudden powerful increase
boom · increase · multiplication · intensification · accumulation · advancement · development · flourishing · acceleration · momentum
mergers
Corporate consolidations
- acquisitionsThings newly gained
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- expansionIncrease in scope
restructuring · scaling · conglomerate · capitalization · valuation · equity · marketshare · diversification · integration · synergy
upsizingsdownsizings
Planned workforce reductions
reductions · contractions · shrinkages · cutbacks · decreases