rif
/ɹɪf/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
noun
verb
Alternative letter-case form of RIF.
name
A mountainous region in northern Morocco.
Example Sentences
- "According to Norman Seay, executive director of Blacks in Government, an organization of federal employees, the RIFs will have the heaviest impact on the professional, managerial, and technical workers — those making between about $20,000 and $37,000 a year."
- "A lot of the RIFs were done because budgets were cut by the Congress."
- "The legislators who represented many federal employees, and those on authorizing committees who were sympathetic with the goals of programs they supervised, had reacted with frustration to the RIFs of the early Reagan administration, since there had been no time to oppose them."
- "A RIF notice received by one FDA employee on Tuesday included performance ratings that were incorrectly low, meaning the severance pay offered was lower than it would be for the ratings they previously received, the employee told CNN."
- "The Office of Personnel Management regulations for RIFs include details about so-called bumping and retreating rights, which should apply to any agency conducting a reduction in force, said Jenny Mattingley, vice president for government affairs at the Partnership."
- "Any measure can be related to the improvement of a RIF, thus the resulting risk reduction can be assessed."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: الريف, ريف