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3 Change - vocabulary
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- 1downsizeto reduce the number of people who work in a company, business, etc. in order to reduce costs
- 2downgradeto move something down to a lower quality
- 3decentraliseto give some of the power of a company, business etc. to smaller parts or branch offices (around the country)
- 4degradeto make something become worse, especially in quality (over time)
- 5deregulateto free a trade, a business activity, etc. from rules and controls
- 6destructureto take the structure out of something
- 7updateto make something more modern by adding new parts, etc.
- 8upgradeto improve the condition of a building, etc. in order to provide a better service
- 9reorganiseto change the way in which something is organized or done
- 10restructureto organize something such as a system or a company in a new and different way
- 11relaunchto start or present something again in a new or different way, especially a product for sale
- 12redevelopto change an area by building new roads, houses, factories, etc.
- 13reassessto think again about something to decide if you need to change (your opinion of it)
- 14retrainto learn, or to teach somebody, a new type of work, a new skill, etc.
- 15relocateto move or to move somebody/something to a new place to work or operate
- 16recentraliseto give the control of a company or business to a group of people in one particular place again
- 17resizeto make something bigger or smaller