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Restructure

//ɹiːˈstɹʌktʃə(ɹ)// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A reorganization.

    "We found this in the 1990s when organisations went through some fairly severe restructures."

Verb
  1. 1
    To change the organization of.

    "On Tuesday, a proposal to fundamentally restructure the Minneapolis police department in the wake of George Floyd’s death in 2020 was soundly defeated, a setback that even many Democrats acknowledged could be laid at the feet of the “defund the police” movement that some within the party embraced last summer."

  2. 2
    construct or form anew or provide with a new structure wordnet
  3. 3
    To modify the terms of a loan, providing relief to a debtor who would otherwise be forced to default.

    "Valencia were in crisis, a club with two stadiums – one they could not sell and one that they could not afford to finish building – and a debt of €230m, the repayment of which was restructured."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From re- + structure.

Etymology 2

From re- + structure.

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