re·lo·cate

(rē-lō′kāt)

v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates

v.tr.

To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business.

v.intr.

To become established in a new residence or place of business: relocated in Ohio.

re′lo·ca′tion n.

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Noun	1.	relocation - the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) resettlement transfer, transferral, transportation, conveyance, transport - the act of moving something from one location to another
	2.	relocation - the act of changing your residence or place of business; "they say that three moves equal one fire" move flit - a secret move (to avoid paying debts); "they did a moonlight flit" change - the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" overspill - the relocation of people from overcrowded cities; they are accommodated in new houses or apartments in smaller towns

relocation

noun

The act or process of moving from one place to another:

move, remotion, removal.

Translations

přemístěnístěhování

Umzug

deslocalización

délocalisation déménagement

trasferimento

relocation

[ˌriːləʊˈkeɪʃən]

A. N → traslado m, nueva ubicación f

B. CPD relocation package N → prima f de traslado

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relocation

[ˌriːləʊˈkeɪʃ^ən] n [company] → délocalisation f; [person] → déménagement mrelocation expenses npl (paid to employee) → frais mpl de déménagement

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relocation

n → Umzug m; (of company) → Standortwechsel m; (of refugees etc) → Umsiedlung f; relocation allowance → Umzugsbeihilfe f

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