redeploy

[ree-di-ploi]

verb (used with object)

1. to transfer (a unit, a person, supplies, etc.) from one theater of operations to another.

2. to move or allocate to a different position, use, function, or the like; reassign.

verb (used without object)

1. to execute a redeployment.

redeploy

/ ˌriːdɪˈplɔɪ /

verb

1. to assign new positions or tasks to (labour, troops, etc)

Other Word Forms

• redeployment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of redeploy¹

First recorded in 1940–45; re- + deploy

Example Sentences

That largesse can be redeployed in the form of lower interest rates to support households and small and medium-size businesses.

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“While cargo volumes are growing on the back of the group’s diversified network and verticals, yields remain under pressure as airlines redeploy cargo capacity” from the U.S. to other lanes, it said.

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Department of Energy loan program so that it can redeploy its resources to other hydrogen projects that have potential for higher returns.

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That was my chance to sell half, lock in life-changing gains and redeploy the rest into other opportunities.

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"A very large percentage of those people got redeployed in other areas around customer service."

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