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leépít

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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le- (down) +‎ épít (to build)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛeːpiːt]
  • Hyphenation: le‧épít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

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leépít

  1. (transitive, rare) to build something on a lower area
  2. (transitive, of an employer) to lay off (to dismiss (workers) from employment during job cuts)
  3. (transitive, of an employer) to downsize (to reduce in number and size)
  4. (transitive) to cut back on a usual activity, such as entertaining guests or travel to save money

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • leépít in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN