phase-out

1. 1.

   the act or instance of a planned discontinuation

   Broaderdiscontinuance

Questions about phase-out

What does phase-out mean?

phase-out means "the act or instance of a planned discontinuation".

How many syllables are in phase-out?

phase-out has 3 syllables: pha-se--out. The stress falls on "pha".

Is phase-out a common word?

phase-out is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.