noun

deployment

dih-PLOY-muhnt/dɪˈplɔɪmənt/

The placing of resources into active use.

The deployment of medical tents and emergency trucks brings resources to the relief site.

Emergency response trucks and medical tents being set up at relief site by diverse responders.

Etymology

deLatinapart

+ployLatinto fold

+mentFrenchact or process

The underlying image is unfolding: troops were spread from columns into a line. Deployment broadened from this military arrangement to putting people, equipment, or software into active use.

In context

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It's the deployment of resources to achieve organizational goals against the competition. We're literally just substituting the word troops with resources.

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More examples

Heavy snow delays the deployment of rescue teams.
We test each software update before deployment.
These generator deployments restore power to several emergency shelters.

Forms

deployment · deployments

deploy verb — Put people or resources into active use.

Similar words

mobilization: Emphasizes assembling and preparing resources for action or service.
rollout: Usually describes introducing a product or service, often in stages.