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RIF¹
Rhymes with -ɪf
noun RIFs · rif
- Initialism of reduction in force 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.
- Initialism of risk influencing factor Any measure can be related to the improvement of a RIF, thus the resulting risk reduction can be assessed.
- Initialism of rock-inhabiting fungi Although very common, RIF have often been overlooked due to their small size, their slow growth and the lack of diagnostic features.
verb RIFs · RIFing · RIFed · rif
- To lay off from work due to a reduction in force. Our own agency let go 300 positions, affected 120 people who got RIFed, but 1,200 people were affected in the process.
rif²
Rhymes with -ɪf
verb rifs · riffing · riffed
- Alternative letter-case form of RIF This sense was expressed in a story about a friend who had been laid off (riffed) in a particularly uncaring manner.
Rif³
- /ɹɪf/
Sounds like riff · Rhymes with -ɪf
Where it comes from
From Arabic الريف (ar-rīf), from Arabic ريف (rīf, “countryside”). Compare Tarifit arrif.
proper noun Er Rif · Riff
- A mountainous region in northern Morocco.
- A former country in North Africa, a republic which existed briefly during the 1920s in what is now northern Morocco.
Translations
Talk about this word "rif." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rif. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. rif. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/rif "rif." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rif.Cite this
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title = {rif},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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