re-location

re-location — noun

1. the act of moving people, a business, or an activity to a different area and set

1.名詞B2
釋義

the act of moving people, a business, or an activity to a different area and setting things up there.

例句

Hiro's employer covered the cost of his re-location to the Osaka office.

re-location to [place] for a job

The factory's re-location to Vietnam created hundreds of new jobs last year.

re-location to [country] for a business

同義詞
  • move

    everyday, less formal word for the same action

  • transfer

    usually moving an employee or department within one organisation

  • resettlement

    emphasises moving people to live somewhere new, often after a crisis

文法句型

re-location to [place]

re-location of [people / business]

用法筆記

Subject is usually a person, an organisation, or an activity being moved; the new place follows 'to' and the thing moved follows 'of'. Commonly paired with work and business contexts (job, office, factory, headquarters).

常見錯誤

I love the re-location of this café — it's so central.
I love the location of this café
💡it's so central.' — 'location' is where something sits; 're-location' is the act of moving it somewhere new.

2. in Scots law, the automatic continuation of a lease for a further period when ne

2.名詞C2
釋義

in Scots law, the automatic continuation of a lease for a further period when neither side ends it.

例句

Under Scots law, tacit re-location renewed the farm lease for another full year.

tacit re-location: automatic lease renewal

The tenant stayed on, so re-location extended the shop lease without a new contract.

re-location extends a lease when the tenant stays

同義詞
  • renewal

    general term for extending an agreement; re-location is the specific by-law version

  • continuation

    plain word for a lease carrying on; re-location is its formal Scots-law name

反義詞
  • termination

    ending the lease, the opposite of letting it continue

文法句型

tacit re-location

re-location of a lease

用法筆記

Restricted to Scots property law; everyday English never carries this meaning. Distinguish from sense 1 (MOVE TO NEW PLACE), which is the only reading used in general speech. Almost always preceded by 'tacit'.

常見錯誤

We signed a re-location to keep renting the shop.
Tacit re-location kept us renting the shop.
💡this re-location happens automatically by law; it is not a document you sign.