repartition

American  

[ree-pahr-tish-uhn, -per-] / ˌri pɑrˈtɪʃ ən, -pər- /

noun

1. distribution; partition.

2. reassignment; redistribution.

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verb (used with object)

1. to divide up.

2. to partition or subdivide again; reapportion; redistribute.

repartition British  

/ ˌriːpɑːˈtɪʃən /

noun

1. distribution or allotment

2. the act or process of distributing afresh

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verb

1. (tr) to divide up again; reapportion or reallocate

Etymology

Origin of repartition

First recorded in 1545–55; re- + partition

Example Sentences

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repartition

IN 1805, President Thomas Jefferson urged "a just repartition" of federal revenues among the states for the promotion of "canals, roads, arts, manufactures, education and other great objects within each state."

From Time Magazine Archive

Such is the fantastical and unjust inequality between mass and mass, in this curious repartition of the rights of representation arising out of territory and contribution.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

QUESTION.—Let us now consider how much the repartition of fifty millions among ninety thousand shaven crowns gives to each?

From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by

Saint-Simonism proclaimed the equality of man and woman, that of industry and art and science, and the necessity of a fresh repartition of wealth and of a modification of the laws concerning property.

From George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings by Alys Hallard

In their eyes the very foundation of human life as at present constituted, the very principle on which the production and repartition of all material products is now carried on, is essentially vicious and anti-social.

From Socialism by John Stuart Mill