rescheduling

rescheduling — noun

1. The process of moving a planned event from its original time or date to a differ

1.nounB2
Definition

The process of moving a planned event from its original time or date to a different one, often but not always to a later time.

Example

The school announced a rescheduling of final exams after a power outage left classrooms without lights.

rescheduling + of + noun phrase

Nora's rescheduling of the team meeting caused confusion because several members had already booked travel.

Common collocations
  • flight rescheduling
  • meeting rescheduling
  • exam rescheduling
  • appointment rescheduling
  • rescheduling of an event
Synonyms
  • postponement

    specifically moving something to a later time, whereas rescheduling can be to any different time

  • rearrangement

    softer, less formal; can also mean changing the order or sequence, not just the time

  • date change

    informal and narrower — only about the date, not the time of day

Grammar Patterns

rescheduling + of + noun phrase

Usage Note

Commonly used with a noun naming the event (flight, meeting, exam, appointment). Unlike 'postponement', rescheduling does not always mean 'later' — the event may be moved to an earlier time as well.

Common Mistakes

The rescheduling of the meeting was a postponement.
The rescheduling of the meeting moved it to Tuesday.
'Rescheduling' just means a change of time; 'postponement' specifically means moving to a later time.

2. An arrangement between a lender and a borrower to push back a repayment deadline

2.nounB2
Definition

An arrangement between a lender and a borrower to push back a repayment deadline, giving the borrower more time to pay back what they owe.

Example

The bank granted a rescheduling of Haruto's loan payments after he lost his job in the factory closure.

rescheduling + of + loan payments

Debt rescheduling helped several small businesses in Kaohsiung survive the economic downturn last year.

compound noun: debt rescheduling

Common collocations
  • debt rescheduling
  • loan rescheduling
  • mortgage rescheduling
  • payment rescheduling
  • rescheduling of debt
Synonyms
  • debt restructuring

    broader — may involve changing interest rates or repayment amounts, not just extending the timeline

  • payment extension

    informal and more specific — only means a later deadline, not a full rearrangement of the schedule

  • forbearance

    formal banking term for temporarily pausing or reducing payments, not necessarily rescheduling them

Grammar Patterns

rescheduling + of + noun phrase

debt rescheduling

loan rescheduling

Usage Note

Typically used in banking and finance contexts. The thing being rescheduled is almost always a debt, loan, mortgage, or repayment plan — never an event.

Common Mistakes

The bank offered a rescheduling of the meeting.
The bank offered a rescheduling of the loan payments.
Rescheduling in the financial sense applies to debts and repayments, not to events.

Word family

Synonym discussion

Sense: noun/1

All four words refer to changing when something happens, but they differ in scope and direction. Rescheduling is the most neutral — you can move an event forwards or backwards. Postponement always pushes an event to a later time and is slightly more formal; you would read about a 'postponement of the summit' in a newspaper. Rearrangement is softer and broader — it can mean changing the order of a sequence (rearranging the agenda) rather than just the time. Date change is informal and narrow, referring only to the day, not the time of day. For example: 'the flight rescheduling put us on an earlier plane' (earlier is fine with rescheduling, but not with postponement); 'the date change of the picnic was announced on the group chat' (informal).

rescheduling ↗postponementrearrangementdate change

Common collocations

Nouns

Phrases

  • request a rescheduling
  • agree to a rescheduling
  • announce a rescheduling
  • fee for rescheduling
  • grant a rescheduling

Prepositions

Etymology

LatinFrenchEnglish

Rescheduling is formed by adding the noun suffix -ing to the verb reschedule, which itself combines the prefix re- ('again') with schedule. Schedule entered English from Old French cedule ('a slip of paper'), which came from Late Latin schedula ('a small strip of papyrus'). Originally it referred to a written document listing a timetable; the modern sense of 'setting a time for an event' developed in the 1800s.