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facelift

 
 
/ˈfeɪslɪft/ noun [C, usually singular]

Definition

an improvement or set of improvements made to a building or area to make it look more attractive: After two years of bad sales, our priority is to give all our stores a facelift.
an improvement or set of improvements made to a product or service in order to make more people want to buy or use it: Their flagship TV talk show will get a major facelift later in the year.
(Definition of facelift noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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