rework

Noun

rework (countable and uncountable, plural reworks)

1. The act of redoing, correcting, or rebuilding.
   • Most product returns to the top retailers in the USA (either direct from the consumer or through non-sales) will be taken back by the original suppliers for rework or disposal.2017, John Gattorna, Strategic Supply Chain Alignment, page 623
2. Taking unsaleable food and using it in the manufacture of other food.
3. Something redone, corrected or rebuilt.
   • They received the rework back from the shop.
4. Work done to correct defects associated with a deliverable product, plus any root cause analysis effort to identify the task(s) to be re-performed.
   • The schedule has been pushed back because of the rework.
5. (countable) An instance of reworking.

Verb

IPA/ɹiːˈwɜː(ɹ)k/

rework (third-person singular simple present reworks, present participle reworking, simple past and past participle reworked or (rare) rewrought)

1. To redo, correct, or rebuild.
   • You'll have to rework the crank assembly to incorporate the changes.

   Synonyms:

   vamp up