readjustment
Americannoun
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an act of readjusting or the state of being readjusted.
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Finance. a rearrangement in the financial structure of a corporation, usually less drastic than a reorganization.
Etymology
Origin of readjustment
Explanation
If you have to make changes to something, you make a readjustment. You make readjustments all the time — like when you lower the bike seat for your little sister or set your clock forward for daylight saving time. The noun readjustment refers to the act of recalibrating something to match a standard. If you are a scientist, you may be constantly making readjustments to your instruments in order to obtain accurate data. If you're at home, you may have to make some readjustments to your television recording device. The clock is set wrong again and it keeps cutting off the end of your favorite shows, which is super annoying.
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Bill of Rights, otherwise known as the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, signed into law June 22, 1944, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2020
The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, better known as the G.I.
From Washington Times • Sep. 2, 2018
“Thousands of workers in Ohio … continue to qualify for Trade Readjustment Act assistance because their jobs are being shipped overseas.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2016
That request led to the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, or the G.I.
From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2016
The Cerebrum an Organ giving Adaptation and Readjustment of Motor Acts.—The exercise of this control and the acquirement of skilled actions have obviously elements in common.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
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