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decruitment

decruitment noun: the act of a company reducing its workforce, either by a reduction in recruitment, or by redundancy.

Noun

decruitment (uncountable)

  1. The act of a company reducing its workforce, either by a reduction in recruitment, or by redundancy.
  2. The inability to detect changes in loudness when the intensity of a sound wave changes.
    • The right ear has a 40 dB hearing loss with decruitment.1991, Frederick N. Martin, Introduction to Audiology, page 159
    • […] retrocochlear disorder can actually result in decruitment […]2003, Michael E. Glasscock, Aina J. Gulya, Glasscock-Shambaugh Surgery of the Ear, volume 1, page 163

Origin of decruitment

From de- + recruitment.

Questions about decruitment

What does decruitment mean?
Decruitment means the act of a company reducing its workforce, either by a reduction in recruitment, or by redundancy.
What part of speech is decruitment?
Decruitment is a noun.

Words near decruitment in the dictionary

  1. decrudescences
  2. decruds
  3. decruit
  4. decruited
  5. decruiting
  6. decruitment
  7. decruits
  8. decrumb
  9. decrumbed
  10. decrumbing
  11. decrumbs

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