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[Thai Economics Library | Archives (for history)]
September 15, 2008

Revamp

revamp (verb) - make changes to improve, repair

a firm attempting to revamp its profile in the market
planning a glossy revamp for the magazine

revamp the menus of the restaurant
your kitchen, could it do with a revamp
plan to revamp the kitchen and perhaps invest in some unusual modern furniture

revamp everything from your old tennis racket to your kids toys

revamp image
revamp the organisation's image with new uniforms

revamp operations
revamp the programme
revamp qualifications

the programme's ratings dipped immediately after the November revamp
the government wants to revamp the bureaucracy to cope with the changes
a big revamp is threatened by the angry managing director of the firm
after the revamp earnings rose

six shops have been created as part of the $350,000 revamp

the first revamp in 24 years

a revamp plan
a revamp plan for the firm's main brand
no plans for a revamp
a major revamp
seen as a major revamp
this revamp was the only operation to increase sales and profits

needs a revamp
revamp TV programmes shown on the channel
revamp the site to meet new government guidelines

a revamp project
a hotel revamp
a radiator revamp
the statue needs a revamp
computer programmers clubbed together to revamp the old computer programming language
New Age religion is a revamp of ancient religion

the term "boxer shorts" is merely a marketing neologism, coined in order to revamp a demand for what in England was perceived as an outmoded type of underwear


Example sentences:

* Soon they plan to revamp the kitchen and perhaps invest in some unusual modern furniture, which is a particular passion of Bill's.

* Take an honest look at your kitchen, could it do with a revamp?

* "I have no plans for a revamp," she told me.

* Nicholas Ridley, after surveying the ashes, set in motion a revamp of the palaces' operations.

* The revamp plan for the firm's main brand.

* The row of six shops have been created as part of the $350,000 revamp to Wirral Hospital's main entrance at Arrowe Park.

* When the programme's ratings dipped immediately after the November revamp, Focus came in for the heaviest criticism.

* Earnings rose after the revamp.

* The boys, who pay themselves $10,000 a month, are already planning a glossy revamp for the magazine.

* You are too callow to be aware of this but the term boxer shorts is merely a marketing neologism, coined in order to revamp a demand for what in England was perceived as an outmoded type of underwear.

* Hundreds more hospitals are to opt out of health service management and the Government wants to revamp the bureaucracy to cope with the changes.

* Interim results for the first half to July 1991 revealed that this revamp was the only operation to increase sales and profits.

* This statue needs a revamp

* The authority wants to revamp the site to meet new social services guidelines limiting the number of people in each bungalow from eight to six.

* You can revamp everything from your boots to your tent with the products from our firm.

* The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is to revamp its image with new uniforms, including `;100 per cent polyester chiffon'; saris and woollen capes.

* I assure the grim-faced surgeons in front of me that representations will be made to the shipping line on our return to Cairo, and that, meanwhile, the Captain and I will, after appropriate consultation, revamp the menus.

* I have already hinted that New Age religion is a revamp of ancient religion and still existing practices mainly from India, Tibet and China.

* The High Performance Fortran Forum is a coalition of 40 hardware and software vendors, research institutes and Fortran users, which has clubbed together to revamp Fortran90, and its first offering is a new set of Fortran90 extensions called High Performance Fortran, HPF.

* UK financial software house, Clarke and Tilley Ltd, based in Cheam, Surrey, has released Uptix, a multi-currency management system, attempting to revamp its profile in the open systems market.

* The renewed concern follows a $6 million investment by Merseytravel to revamp the loss-making ferries in 1990.

* As the leading firms prepare to meet the challenge of the national lottery, the irony is that the first revamp of the format in 24 years will make the pools themselves more of a lottery.

* Architectural paint companies tend to change their colours only once every seven to 10 years, so this is seen as a major revamp which could hold the key to Porter's sales and marketing success for the rest of the century.


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