Sekirov Dictionary

recap

/ɹiːˈkæp/

verb 4
noun 2
/ˈɹiːkæp/ noun 1
forms 3

verb4

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To recapitulate.
- Before we begin with today's agenda, Alice, would you please recap the decisions that were made last week?
•
To seal (something) again with a cap.
- They're planning to recap those oil wells permanently.
•
(US, Canada) To replace the worn tread on a tire by gluing on a new outer portion.
- They buy a lot of camelback because they recap a lot of truck tires for trailer fleets.
(informal) To replace capacitors in electronic equipment.

noun2

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A tire that has had new tread glued on.
- He refused to buy recaps because he didn't trust them not to come apart on the highway.
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A leveraged recapitalization accomplished by increasing the debt to equity ratio.
- A survey of private equity firms found that most firms are comfortable with a debt/equity ratio of 4:1 following a dividend recap. — 2009

recap

/ˈɹiːkæp/

noun1

•
A recapitulation.
- Before we begin with today's agenda, Alice will give us a recap of recent decisions.

forms

recapped · recapping · recaps

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