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two-pizza rule

two-pizza rule noun: a business adage that states that a team or meeting should be small enough to sufficiently feed with two pizzas.

Noun

the two-pizza rule

  1. A business adage that states that a team or meeting should be small enough to sufficiently feed with two pizzas.

Origin of two-pizza rule

Coined by Jeff Bezos.

Questions about two-pizza rule

What does two-pizza rule mean?
Two-pizza rule means a business adage that states that a team or meeting should be small enough to sufficiently feed with two pizzas.
What part of speech is two-pizza rule?
Two-pizza rule is a noun.

Words near two-pizza rule in the dictionary

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  4. two-piece sleeves
  5. two-pieces
  6. two-pizza rule
  7. two-ply
  8. two-point conversion
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  10. two-point perspective
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