Restructure
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A reorganization.
"We found this in the 1990s when organisations went through some fairly severe restructures."
- 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 construct or form anew or provide with a new structure wordnet
- 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."
Example
More examples"If we don't restructure our business, we're going to go under."
Etymology
From re- + structure.
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