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rif

[rif]
–verb (used with object), -riffed, -rif⋅fing. Informal.
to discharge (a person) from military or civil service, esp. as part of an economy program.
Also, riff.


Origin:
1945–50; special use of RIF

Rif

[rif]
–noun
Er [er] , a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
Also, Riff.

RIF

[rif]
–noun
1. Military. a reduction in the personnel of an armed service or unit.
2. a reduction in the number of persons employed by a business, government department, etc., esp. for budgetary reasons.

Origin:
R(eduction) I(n) F(orce)
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Rif   (rĭf)   
See Er Rif.
RIF  
abbr.  reduction in force
Riff or Rif   (rĭf)   
n.   pl. Riff or Riffs or Rif or Rifs also Rif·fi (rĭf'ē)
  1. A member of any of several Berber peoples inhabiting Er Rif.

  2. The Berber language of this people.

Rif'fi·an adj. & n.
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Slang Dictionary
rif [rɪf]

  1. tv.
    to dismiss an employee. (From the euphemism reduction in force.) : They're going to rif John tomorrow.
  2. n.
    a firing; a dismissal. : There's a rif in your future.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
RIF
  1. reduction in force

  2. resistance-inducing factor

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