redistribute
Americanverb (used with object)
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to distribute again or anew.
The corporation will redistribute its share of the profits to its stockholders.
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to alter the distribution of; apportion differently.
Let's redistribute the work more fairly.
verb
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Other Word Forms
- redistributive adjective
Etymology
Origin of redistribute
First recorded in 1605–15; re- + distribute
Example Sentences
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FareShare Sussex & Surrey says it rescues and redistributes surplus food from businesses, supermarkets, manufacturers and farms from its depots in Guildford and Brighton to 248 local organisations across the two counties.
From BBC
As well as purchasing the buggies, it wants to work with a contractor to collect and restore those that had been previously used and then redistribute them.
From BBC
In another potential application, a swarm of robots could make deliveries across wide areas more efficient by alerting each other to changing traffic conditions or redistributing packages among themselves if one breaks down.
Border taxes serve no financial purpose if the federal government simply intends to redistribute the money it collects.
He has shown that autocracies redistribute more land than democracies and that in Colombia land reform “reduced guerrilla activity” in those areas that “threatened serious violence.”
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