restructure

restructure
restructure re‧struc‧ture [ˌriːˈstrʌktʆə ǁ -ər] verb
1. [intransitive, transitive] COMMERCE if a company restructures, or someone restructures it, it changes the way it is organized or financed:

• The iron ore company has restructured its operations.

• The group will restructure, reducing the workforce by as much as 19%.

— see also downsize
2. [transitive] FINANCE if a company restructures its debts, it makes an agreement with lenders to pay the debts in a different way to the one agreed before:

• The troubled department store failed to make scheduled interest payments and faces bank demands that it restructure its debt.

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restructure UK US /ˌriːˈstrʌktʃər/ verb
► [I or T] MANAGEMENT, WORKPLACE to organize a company, business, or system in a new way to make it operate more effectively: »

The price has gone up and down amid talk of restructuring the company.

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Retirees have had to accept drastically reduced retirement and health benefits as the industry has restructured.

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The company may also have to restructure the way it processes transactions.

► [T] FINANCE if a company restructures its debt, it arranges to pay back its debt in a different way or at a later time than was originally agreed: »

The merger will provide a means of restructuring the company's debt.

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Talks continue about restructuring a £220 million bond, which is due to be repaid in January.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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