redistribute

redistribute
[[t]ri͟ːdɪstrɪ̱bjuːt[/t]]
redistributes, redistributing, redistributed
If something such as money or property is redistributed, it is shared among people or organizations in a different way from the way that it was previously shared.

[be V-ed] Wealth was redistributed more equitably among society...

[V n] Taxes could be used to redistribute income.

Derived words:
redistribution [[t]ri͟ːdɪstrɪbju͟ːʃ(ə)n[/t]] N-UNCOUNT oft N of n

One of a government's primary duties is to achieve some redistribution of income so that the better off can help to keep the worse off out of poverty.


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  • redistribute — I verb allot again, deal out again, dole out again, give out again, hand out again, parcel out again, readminister, reallot, reapportion, rearrange, reassign, reassort, reclass, reclassify, redivide, regroup, reissue, repartition, replace II… …   Law dictionary

  • redistribute — (v.) 1610s, from RE (Cf. re ) back, again + DISTRIBUTE (Cf. distribute). Related: Redistributed; redistributing …   Etymology dictionary

  • redistribute — ► VERB ▪ distribute again or differently. DERIVATIVES redistribution noun redistributive adjective …   English terms dictionary

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  • redistribute — /ree di strib yooht/, v.t., redistributed, redistributing. 1. to distribute again or anew: The corporation will redistribute its share of the profits to its stockholders. 2. to alter the distribution of; apportion differently: Let s redistribute… …   Universalium

  • redistribute — re|dis|trib|ute [ˌri:dıˈstrıbju:t] v [T] to give something to each member of a group so that it is divided up in a different way from before redistribute income/wealth/resources etc ▪ a programme to redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • redistribute — UK [ˌriːdɪˈstrɪbjuːt] / US [ˌrɪdɪˈstrɪbjut] verb [transitive] Word forms redistribute : present tense I/you/we/they redistribute he/she/it redistributes present participle redistributing past tense redistributed past participle redistributed to… …   English dictionary

  • redistribute — verb Redistribute is used with these nouns as the object: ↑income, ↑land, ↑resource …   Collocations dictionary

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