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relocate verb

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Definition

to (cause a person or company to) move to a new place
The company has relocated to Liverpool.
My company relocated me to Paris.

relocation noun

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relocation costs

(Definition of relocate verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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