restructureverb [ T ]
uk/ˌriːˈstrʌk.tʃər/us/ˌriːˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/C2 to organize a company, business, or system in a new way to make it operate more effectively:
The government restructured the coal industry before selling it to private owners.
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Managing and organizing
- act
- administer
- administration
- bureaucracy
- bureaucratic
- campaign
- have sth in hand idiom
- head sth up
- in hand idiom
- kaizen
- manage
- management
- run the show idiom
- running
- shakedown
- square
- square sth/sb away
- stage
- stage-manage
- stewardship
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restructuring
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˌriːˈstrʌk.tʃər.ɪŋ/us/ˌriːˈstrʌk.tʃɚ.ɪŋ/
The company underwent restructuring and 1,500 workers lost their jobs.