recapitalize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of recapitalize
First recorded in 1940–45; re- + capitalize
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This month, the firm served as an anchor investor in a continuation fund to recapitalize Kids Planet, a U.K. nursery operator backed by European midmarket buyout firm Fremman Capital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
In 2022 it took it took six to eight weeks for those market makers to recapitalize, and “we’re six weeks this process,” he said.
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
Special Representative for Afghanistan Tom West in February said funds set aside by Biden potentially could be used to recapitalize a reformed central bank and the paralyzed banking system.
From Reuters ● Jul. 26, 2022
In 1990-92, with support from the IMF and World Bank, the government has begun to introduce reforms designed to spur business investment, increase efficiency in agriculture, and recapitalize the nation's banks.
From The 1993 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
"I expect many LGFVs to collapse, or to be quietly recapitalized by banks, putting some rural banks and some bondholders at risk of defaults."
From Reuters ● Mar. 10, 2023
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
Investors like the hedge fund manager John Paulson and Bruce Berkowitz of Fairholme Capital Management have embraced this idea, contending that Fannie and Freddie can pay back taxpayers, be recapitalized and live again.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2013
It had recently been recapitalized and a new vein discovered.
From The Sisters-In-Law by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
Uncertainty about the administration’s strategy for recapitalizing and releasing the companies poses an immediate risk.
From Barron's ● Dec. 12, 2025
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
At the same time, officials are trying to prioritize investments in the development of a next generation, large surface combatant ship, all while recapitalizing century-old dry dock facilities.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 30, 2021
That logic can also apply to recapitalizing, which reorganizes a company’s capital structure to replace debt with equity, and releveraging, which adds more borrowed capital to existing debt.
From Forbes ● Apr. 7, 2015
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
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