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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
downscale
 
SYLLABICATION:down·scale
PRONUNCIATION:  dounskl
ADJECTIVE: Of, for, or relating to low-income consumers: mass-produced downscale versions of high-priced fashions.
TRANSITIVE & INTRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: down·scaled, down·scal·ing, down·scales
To reduce in scale; scale down.
 
 
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