Definition of recapitalize
: to change the capital structure of
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At least $60 billion of that money is intended to fund current combat activities and will largely not be available to increase force size, improve readiness, or recapitalize the services for the future.
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Paid 1 euro for initial acquisition, agreed to invest 1.35 billion euros ($1.7 billion) to recapitalize company.
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That plan called for modest yearly increases in the defense topline — not enough even to offset inflation, and nowhere near enough to recapitalize our forces, but the best Gates could get out of the Obama administration all the same.
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The potential payout is a sign of stabilization in the banking system after years of turmoil culminated in Halyk being drafted in to recapitalize its main competitor, Kazkommertsbank.
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Cyprus needed a bailout to recapitalize its lenders as well as to finance the government.
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The amount of capital pledged is enough to address the lenders’ solvency challenges and recapitalize them adequately, Vadlamani, who is vice president of the financial institutions group at the unit of Moody’s Corp., said by phone.
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In 2012, the principal owners of Johnson Financial Group — members of the Samuel C. Johnson family — opted to invest $235 million of their own money to recapitalize the bank rather than take on outside investors.
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Sugarman joined the bank in 2010 and became CEO in 2013, helping to recapitalize the company and grow its assets.
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First Known Use of recapitalize
1904
Law Dictionary
legal Definition of recapitalize
: to change the capital structure of (a corporation)
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