pare的意思|pare的解释-里氏词典

Pare \Pare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Paring}.] [F. parer to pare, as a horse's hoofs, to dress or
curry, as, leather, to clear, as anchors or cables, to parry,
ward off, fr. L. parare to prepare. Cf. {Empire}, {Parade},
{Pardon}, {Parry}, {Prepare}.]
1. To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or
extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's
hoof.

2. To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin,
rind, or outside part, from anything; -- followed by off
or away; as, to pare off the rind of fruit; to pare away
redundancies.

3. Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen.

The king began to pare a little the privilege of
clergy. --Bacon.

Late last month, Kemper said it would take a $126.5 million charge to pare its brokerage operations.
South Korea said one of its goals for 1989 is to pare down its current account surplus to $9.5 billion from this year's projected $13.8 billion.
The airline's pilots and flight attendants have joined the walkout, forcing Eastern to pare its 1,040-flights-per-day schedule back to about 100.
Companies, meanwhile, get to pare their soaring medical costs.
Administration officials vehemently stress that they wouldn't pare a penny of benefits, but advocates for the elderly always argue that any cuts hurt the program.
Working out a way to pare those items from the legislation _ and for the House and Senate to agree to a compromise bill _ makes it all but impossible to finish the task by next Monday, leaders concede.
But Sen. Chiles told Defense Secretary Casper Weinberger at a hearing yesterday that he and other congressional Democrats will look for ways to pare that back.
To pay for Esmark, Beatrice began to pare assets, saying it would sell Avis; Danskin clothing; International Jensen electronics equipment; and its cookie, food service equipment, agri-products and leather businesses.
In December 1988, Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev announced plans to pare his government's defense spending and military forces, including the pullout of 50,000 of the estimated 550,000 troops from Eastern Europe.
Amid the losses, CB executives have struggled to pare costs, closing 14 offices and firing 750 staffers since the LBO was completed.
Rep. Dan Rostenkowski of Illinois, the influential Ways and Means chairman, has called for $3.2 billion in unspecified environmental taxes next fiscal year as part of a plan to pare the budget deficit.
They urged Italy to work harder to pare its federal budget deficit. "This will also foster greater economic convergence in the community," they said.
Lawmakers see a trade bill as a way to claim they've acted to restore the U.S. to its prior competitive position world-wide and pare the massive trade deficit.
And the bottling business is moving probably more quickly on its own to consolidate, pare down, close plants and boost efficiencies than it might have as part of a larger parent.
The temporary-help industry has grown strongly over the past few years because of companies' attempts to pare permanent payrolls as well as a shortage of skilled clerical and technical help.
He said then that the company expected to pare the division's operating loss to "a $300,000 loss to break-even."
The Fed's easing will test the new consumer resolve to pare debt rather than buy cars and other financed items, no matter how enticing the terms.
Furthermore, if interest rates were to rise sharply again soon, it could pare demand for a wide range of building, automotive and capital-goods items, slowing the economy's growth.
Dealers now will pare inventories and order products as they need them.
The Thompson brothers' proposed $4 billion purchase of Southland Corp. will force the founding family to pare back the diversified concern to its 7-Eleven stores, distribution centers and half-interest in Citgo Petroleum Corp., Southland said.
Meanwhile, the Japanese are hoping to pare their product lines, weeding out some of the commodity products and devoting more resources to higher value-added chips.
The sharp rise in the dollar between late 1980 and early 1985 forced American companies to pare costs in an effort to compete.
At one point, mortgage officials argued that they could pare the position gradually, senior officials said.
The move would make a neat fit for both sides as New York-based Chemical is seeking to pare its private banking activities outside the Americas while DumenilLeble is trying to develop and expand internationally its presence in the field.
The spokesman said Apache is negotiating for more institutional financing to further pare bank debt.
But the Big Three are finding it difficult to pare their work forces and overhead costs fast enough to keep pace with declining sales.
Said Beverly Wright, chief financial officer: "We're on the lookout for good producers." But most big New York-based firms continue to pare employees.
The move, aimed at reducing Varity's hefty preferred-share dividend payments, ultimately could substantially pare the number of preferred shares outstanding and reduce the short position in the common.
They have designed advanced state-of-the-art plants to pare down on their own relatively more expensive manufacture or assembly of numerous component parts.
Today, Wall Street is struggling again to pare itself amid its worst profit slump in 16 years.

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