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rebalance

rebalance

1 4.3
An act of changing parts or amounts so things become more even
  • noun
  • /ˌriːˈbæl.əns/
translation icon : reajuste
  • A regular rebalance helps ensure that no single investment dominates a portfolio.
  • rebalance toward Asia

There's a another kind of nice aspect to a rebalancing policy.

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Examples

  • Given the decreases in the physical sciences over the past decade, the focus must be to achieve a rebalance by increasing funding to these disciplines and not by decreasing the life sciences.

    Academic text (2002)
  • The rebalance is real, the rebalance is sustainable," he said.

    Blog text (2)
  • And in a nutshell, what we call our rebalance within our strategy is a determination to keep that going.

  • Although the pivot was originally all about security, the rebalance has since been "rebalanced" to encompass economic concerns.

    Blog text (16)
  • Finally, Panetta said he focused during today's discussions on the U.S. strategic rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region.

    Blog text (7)
  • While renewed U.S. attention to the region is welcome, it is important that the American "rebalance toward Asia" not be framed or perceived as an either/or proposition, with regional states being forced to choose between the U.S. and China.

    Blog text (14)
  • Investors should rebalance their portfolios once a year to maintain an ideal asset mix.

  • The rebalance of resources between departments was necessary to enhance overall efficiency.

Synonyms

balancing
vsrebalance
47 3.4

Making two sets of numbers, like accounts, match by checking and changing them

restores even distribution by adjusting assets, weight, or resources
recalibration
vsrebalance
1 6.1

A change to plans or strategy to make them work better

focuses on restoring even distribution of assets, weight, or resources
equilibration
vsrebalance
1 9.0

A process that makes things reach the same level or balance

restores even distribution through direct adjustments

How Complete

restructuring
54 4.2
rebalance
1 4.3
realignment
4 4.6
adjustment
133 2.9

Surface Forms

rebalance singular
rebalances plural

Morphology

rebalance = rebalance (transparent) = re + balance

This noun is a straightforward zero-derived action noun from the verb 'rebalance'.

Etymology

Rebalance comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and balance meaning 'even' or 'scales'. Imagine moving weights on a pair of scales to make both sides even again, and you have a rebalance — the act of making things even once more.