recapitalize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of recapitalize
First recorded in 1940–45; re- + capitalize
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Investment in American businesses that create these machines “helps to recapitalize them in different ways,” Mr. Kshatriya says, including by developing human capital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
He said in 2022 it took six to eight weeks for crypto market makers to recapitalize, and “we’re six weeks into this process.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 21, 2025
“We had to work under the assumption that our money would be gone, which means we had to find ways to recapitalize Universal Quantum,” he says.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 16, 2023
In extreme cases, central banks could even deplete their own capital, possibly forcing governments to recapitalize lenders.
From Reuters ● Oct. 12, 2022
The government managed to recapitalize a handful of private banks and has begun recapitalizing the state-owned banking sector.
From The 2000 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
But now Dapper Labs has recapitalized and collaborated with the National Basketball Association to create NBA Top Shot, a marketplace for digital highlight clips that are the tech equivalent of baseball cards.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2021
To address vehicle accidents, the Army has mandated anti-lock brakes and an electronic stability system associated with reduced rollover risk for new and recapitalized Humvees.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2019
“I think some of the European banks have been slow to getting themselves recapitalized and getting their financial balance sheet in the best place it can be.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2016
“The public don’t like central banks that make losses, which could then be forced to be recapitalized by the central government,” said Mr. Junius.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2016
It had recently been recapitalized and a new vein discovered.
From The Sisters-In-Law by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Walter may need more than $20 billion to satisfy regulators by recapitalizing insurance companies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Uncertainty about the administration’s strategy for recapitalizing and releasing the companies poses an immediate risk.
From Barron's ● Dec. 12, 2025
The assets also eventually could go to recapitalizing DAB, bolstering its ability to regulate the Afghani's value, fight inflation, and provide hard currency for imports.
From Reuters ● Aug. 22, 2022
The central bank is talking about recapitalizing banks and reducing capital requirements to half of what they were previously, which Mr. Bernstam interpreted as a sign that banks risk insolvency.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2022
An economic turnaround requires rescheduling the large short-term foreign liabilities of Thai firms, restoring high rates of export growth to finance foreign liabilities, and extensively recapitalizing the banking system.
From The 1998 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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