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3 definitions • 5 examples
1
a
reduction
in
rank
or
position
:
Examples:
demotion to The
club
were
threatened
with demotion to the Second
Division
.
Government
employees
are
worrying
about demotions or being
removed
from their
jobs
altogether
.
2
a move to a
less
senior
job, or the
act
of
moving
someone to a
less
senior
job:
Examples:
His demotion would mean a
reduction
in
retirement
pay
from $9,400 a
month
to $8,500.
An
alternative
to
leaving
the
company
could be demotion or
salary
reduction
.
3
a
situation
in which a
company
,
team
, etc.
moves
to a
lower
place in a
list
because it has
performed
badly
:
Examples:
demotion from/to sth The
grocer
is
facing
demotion to the
bottom
of the
supermarket
league
table
.
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