To gradually reduce the number of units, resources, or positions in a controlled, stepwise manner.
To slowly make something smaller by taking away parts little by little.
2 meanings, ordered from most common to least. Color-coded by CEFR level.
(Finance) To gradually reduce the size of an investment position by selling in stages rather than all at once.
"As the stock price fell, she decided to scale in rather than exit her entire position immediately."
(IT/Cloud computing) To reduce the number of active servers or computing resources in response to decreased demand.
"The system will automatically scale in during off-peak hours to save costs."
To move inward along a scale, reducing step by step.
To slowly make something smaller by taking away parts little by little.
Used predominantly in finance (reducing an investment position gradually) and cloud computing/IT infrastructure (reducing server instances). Rarely used in everyday conversation.
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