Unit 3: Change

What is the meaning of.....

downsize

• to reduce the number of people a company employs in order to reduce costs

• to move someone to a less important job

• to move parts of a government, organization etc from a central place to several different smaller ones

What is the meaning of.....

downgrade

• to reduce the number of people a company employs in order to reduce costs

• to move someone to a less important job

• to move parts of a government, organization etc from a central place to several different smaller ones

What is the meaning of.....

deregulate

• to make a computer, machine, or piece of software better and able to do more things

• to remove government rules and controls from some types of business activity

• to move parts of a government, organization etc from a central place to several different smaller ones

What is the meaning of.....

upgrade

• to make a computer, machine, or piece of software better and able to do more things

• to remove government rules and controls from some types of business activity

• to move parts of a government, organization etc from a central place to several different smaller ones

What is the meaning of.....

update

• a new effort to sell a product that is already on sale

• to rethink something in order to decide if you should change it

• to make something more modern in the way it looks or operates

What is the meaning of.....

relaunch

• a new effort to sell a product that is already on sale

• to rethink something in order to decide if you should change it

• to make something more modern in the way it looks or operates

What is the meaning of.....

reassess

• a new effort to sell a product that is already on sale

• to rethink something in order to decide if you should change it

• to make something more modern in the way it looks or operates

What is the meaning of.....

relocate

• to move to a different place

• to make an area more modern by putting in new buildings or changing or repairing the old ones

• to change the way in which something such as a government, business, or system is organized

What is the meaning of.....

restructure

• to move to a different place

• to make an area more modern by putting in new buildings or changing or repairing the old ones

• to change the way in which something such as a government, business, or system is organized

What is the meaning of.....

redevelop

• to move to a different place

• to make an area more modern by putting in new buildings or changing or repairing the old ones

• to change the way in which something such as a government, business, or system is organized