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re⋅ad⋅just⋅ment

[ree-uh-juhst-muhnt]
–noun
1. an act of readjusting or the state of being readjusted.
2. Finance. a rearrangement in the financial structure of a corporation, usually less drastic than a reorganization.

Origin:
1765–75; readjust + -ment
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re·ad·just   (rē'ə-jŭst')   
tr.v.   re·ad·just·ed, re·ad·just·ing, re·ad·justs
To adjust or arrange again.
re'ad·just'er n., re'ad·just'ment n.
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