rif
/ɹɪf/
rif is the alternative letter-case form of RIF.
Noun capitalized: RIF
RIF (plural RIFs)
- Initialism of reduction in force.
- According to Norman Seay, executive director of Blacks in Government, an organization of federal employees, the RIFs will have the heaviest impact on the professional, managerial, and technical workers — those making between about $20,000 and $37,000 a year.1981 December, Black Enterprise, page 29
- A lot of the RIFs were done because budgets were cut by the Congress.1983, Management, United States. Office of Personnel Management, page 110
- Initialism of risk influencing factor.
- Any measure can be related to the improvement of a RIF, thus the resulting risk reduction can be assessed.2003, Tim Bedford, Safety and Reliability: Proceedings of the ESREL 2003 Conference
- We study helicopter risk by means of the risk influencing model, so the effect of changes is related directly to the RIFs in the model.2009, Radim Bris, Reliability, Risk, and Safety, Three Volume Set: Theory and Applications, page 4
- Initialism of rock-inhabiting fungi.
- Although very common, RIF have often been overlooked due to their small size, their slow growth and the lack of diagnostic features.2009 June, C. Ruibal., C. Gueidan, L. Selbmann, A.A. Gorbushina, P.W. Crous, J.Z. Groenewald, L. Muggia, M. Grube, D. Isola, C.L. Schoch, J.T. Staley, F. Lutzoni, G.S. de Hoog, “Phylogeny of...
- Among RIF, we chose Penicillium spinulosum and black yeast (BY) that resist chemical attack and anti-microbial treatments[.]2016 October 28, Wojciech Spisak, Andrzej Chlebicki, Mariusz Kaszczyszyn, “Galvanic microcells as control agent of indoor microorganisms”, in Scientific Reports, volume 6, →DOI, →ISSN, page 1
Verb capitalized: RIF
RIF (third-person singular simple present RIFs, present participle RIFing, simple past and past participle RIFed)
- To lay off from work due to a reduction in force.
- Our own agency let go 300 positions, affected 120 people who got RIFed, but 1,200 people were affected in the process.1994 February 1, Restructuring of the federal government, United States Congress House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, page 58
- Federal employees got 'RIFed.' That lasted about six months.2015, William F. Buckley, Tucker's Last Stand
Proper noun capitalized: Rif
Rif
- A mountainous region in northern Morocco.
- A former country in North Africa, a republic which existed briefly during the 1920s in what is now northern Morocco.
Forms of rif
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | rifs |
| present participle | riffing |
| past participle | riffed |
| past | riffed |
| third-person singular present | RIFs |
| present participle | RIFing |
| past participle | RIFed |
| past | RIFed |
| Noun | |
| plural | RIFs |
| alternative form | rif |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Er Rif |
| alternative form | Riff |
Origin of rif
From Arabic الريف (ar-rīf), from Arabic ريف (rīf, “countryside”). Compare Tarifit arrif.
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Questions about rif
- What does rif mean?
- Rif means to lay off from work due to a reduction in force.
- What is rif the alternative letter-case form of?
- Rif is the alternative letter-case form of RIF.
- What part of speech is rif?
- Rif can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce rif?
- Rif is pronounced /ɹɪf/.
- What is the plural of rif?
- The plural of rif is RIFs.
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