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"A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event."
],
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"word": "rationale"
},
{
"word": "reasoning"
}
],
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"uncountable"
]
},
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"English terms with usage examples",
"en:Economics"
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"examples": [
{
"text": "It began with the familiar political motives of civil service rationalization and downsizing.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1915 May, John Spargo, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, volume 59, page 160:",
"text": "For socialism involves the reconstruction of industry upon the principle of production for use. It involves the rationalization of industry, the proper adjustment of production to the social requirements.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1930 September, Ian MacGregor, “Problems of Rationalisation”, in The Economic Journal, volume 40, number 159, page 351:",
"text": "The former, technical rationalisation, is a question of improvements carried out within businesses by the managers, methods like scientific management, the rapidity with which machinery is scrapped, the supervision of labour, by the stop-watch method or any other method, and generally what we economists have been in the habit of calling \"internal economies.\"",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1980 December 10, “Steel industry changes sought”, in The Times, number 60798, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:",
"text": "Rationalization includes partnership ventures, and if approved would mean capacity reductions in both sectors with thousands of steelworkers' jobs affected.",
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},
{
"ref": "2005 April 16, “On This Day: April 16, 1929”, in The Times, number 68363, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 81:",
"text": "He firmly believed that the only cure for unemployment was the revival of industry as a whole, and that private finance was the best spur and guide to rationalization. But the State would help.",
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}
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"The reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency through the reallocation of resources and changes in its workforce."
],
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"economics",
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[
"improve",
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[
"efficiency",
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[
"reallocation",
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"(economics) The reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency through the reallocation of resources and changes in its workforce."
],
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"word": "consolidation"
}
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"The concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way."
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"text": "Here, the rationalization of the denominator was unnecessary.",
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"The simplification of an expression without changing its value."
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"(mathematics) The simplification of an expression without changing its value."
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"ipa": "/ˌræʃ(ə)n(ə)laɪˈzeɪʃn̩/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌræʃənəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/",
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"US"
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}
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
"word": "rationaalistaminen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
"word": "järkiperäistäminen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
"word": "rationalisointi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
"word": "järkeily"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
"word": "päättely"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rationalisation"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Rationalisierung"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
"word": "észszerűsítés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
"word": "racionalizálás"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "racjonalizacja"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "racionalização"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "racionalizácija",
"sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "рационализа́ция"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "racionalización"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
"word": "rasyonalizasyon"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
"word": "rasyonelleştirme"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "statement of one's motives",
"word": "perustelu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "statement of one's motives",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rationalisation"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "racionalizacija",
"sense": "reorganization of a company",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "рационализация"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "reorganization of a company",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "racionalizace"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "reorganization of a company",
"word": "järkeistäminen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "reorganization of a company",
"word": "rationalisointi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "reorganization of a company",
"word": "tehostaminen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "reorganization of a company",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rationalisation"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "reorganization of a company",
"word": "rasionalisasi"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "reorganization of a company",
"word": "racionalizácia"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "concealment of true motivation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "racionalizace"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "concealment of true motivation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rationalisatie"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "concealment of true motivation",
"word": "rationaalistaminen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "concealment of true motivation",
"word": "megideologizálás"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "concealment of true motivation",
"word": "rasionalisasi"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "concealment of true motivation",
"word": "racionalizácia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "simplification of a mathematical expression",
"word": "sieventäminen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "simplification of a mathematical expression",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rationalisation"
}
],
"word": "rationalization"
}
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