relocation
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1 moving house or office (n.) B2 Upper Intermediatethe act of moving your home or your business to a new place.
the act of moving to a new place of residence or business. Often used in professional contexts regarding employee transfers.
ExampleThe company offered to pay for her relocation to the London office.
ExampleThe relocation of the corporate headquarters to a smaller city was intended to reduce overhead costs and improve the employees' quality of life.
UsageOften used with the verb 'oversee' or 'facilitate'.
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2 assigning memory addresses (n.) C1 Advanced Technical Computingthe process of moving data or programs to different parts of a computer's memory.
the process of assigning load-time or run-time addresses to code and data so that a program can execute from a specific memory area.
ExampleThe operating system handles the relocation of programs as they are loaded into memory.
ExampleDynamic relocation allows the system to move a process from one memory partition to another without interrupting its execution.
UsageUsually functions as an uncountable noun in this technical sense.
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3 renewal of a lease (n.) C2 Proficiency Formal Technical Lawthe act of starting a new rental agreement for the same property.
the renewal or extension of a lease agreement. This usage is less common in general English and is primarily found in legal or real estate contexts.
ExampleThe tenant requested a relocation of the lease for another three years.
ExampleThe contract included a clause regarding the automatic relocation of the lease should neither party provide notice of termination.
From re- + location.