remanufacture
English
Etymology
re- + manufacture
Verb
remanufacture (third-person singular simple present remanufactures, present participle remanufacturing, simple past and past participle remanufactured)
- To make a system or subsystem that meets the standards of one newly manufactured by disassembling a used one, cleaning, inspecting, replacing worn and defective parts, and reassembling.
- 2007 June 7, Keith Bradsher, “Chinese Auto Parts Enter the Global Market”, in New York Times:
- But used starters and alternators are still remanufactured in the United States, reusing the costly copper wiring in each device and selling them in the $1.5 billion market for replacement starters and alternators.
Derived terms
- remanufactured (adj.)
- remanufacturing (n.)
Noun
remanufacture (uncountable)
- This process.
- Synonyms: rebuild, rebuilding, remanufacturing
- Hypernyms: remaking, redo
- Coordinate terms: overhaul; reassembly, renovation
Spanish
Verb
remanufacture
- inflection of remanufacturar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
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