axe betydelse and definition

Betydelse av axe på svenska

• 0 a tool that has a heavy iron or steel blade at the end of a long wooden handle, used for cutting wood:

  • Julian used an axe to chop down the old apple tree.

  • Over 500 staff are facing the axe.

  • Religious programmes will be the first to get the axe if she's put in charge of the station.

• 1 to reduce services, jobs, payments, etc. a lot or completely without warning or in a single action:

  • Because of the recession the company is to axe 350 jobs.

  • The TV series will be axed owing to a decline in popularity.

• 2 to get rid of large numbers of employees, especially in order to reduce costs:

  • axe jobs/posts/staff One of the UK's biggest retailers yesterday unveiled plans to axe up to 1,000 jobs in an attempt to kickstart its recovery.

• 3 to stop providing a particular service because it is no longer profitable:

  • Increased competition has forced several low-cost airlines to axe flights on major routes.

• 4 if employees, services, etc. get the axe or are given the axe, a decision is made to get rid of them:

  • A planned expansion of Wyoming health programs could get the ax next year.

• 5 if employees face the axe, they may lose their jobs, especially because their employer needs to reduce costs:

  • Hundreds of construction workers are facing the axe after a fall in demand for new housing.

• 6 to decide to get rid of a large number of employees or to no longer provide particular services:

  • Legislators are considering taking an ax to the latest spending plans.

  • Companies have to know how to wield the axe when market conditions demand it.

• 7 if the axe falls, a company needs to get rid of a large number of employees or can no longer afford to provide particular services:

  • The axe fell after the successful conclusion of merger talks between two of Germany's biggest banks.

• 8 to have a strong opinion about something that you want other people to accept:

  • Most shareholders have no ax to grind other than keeping company management honest.