redistribute
to distribute again or anew: The corporation will redistribute its share of the profits to its stockholders.
to alter the distribution of; apportion differently: Let's redistribute the work more fairly.
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How to use redistribute in a sentence
Any belly fat might redistribute itself in a more “womanly” way around the hips, thighs, and buttocks.
Hormone Therapy Is More Than Just a Physical Process | Brandy Zadrozny | August 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMost people ally generosity on the side of fairness because fairness seeks to redistribute benefits and properties.
Why Favoritism Is Virtuous: The Case Against Fairness | Stephen T. Asma | December 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThey will use their majority to pillage the makers and redistribute to the takers.
Fellow Conservatives, Ease Off the Doom and Gloom | David Frum | November 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTDemocrats could use a sunny day as an excuse to destroy the free market, redistribute income and pander to lobbyists.
Romney, on account of his wealthy personal life, has to tiptoe around policies that redistribute wealth upward.
Should we be forced to redistribute men and material on arrival, we are in for another spell of delay.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonEthan mustn't run away with the idea that the Tallmadge accumulations were only waiting for a lavish hand to redistribute.
The Open Question | Elizabeth RobinsThis movement puzzled the newcomer until he suddenly realized that it was merely to redistribute the rouge on them.
The Shadow | Arthur StringerA general social re-organization is needed which will redistribute forces, immunize, divert and nullify.
Human Nature and Conduct | John DeweyIt is when we come to the question of the proportions in which we are to redistribute that controversy begins.
Preface to Androcles and the Lion | George Bernard Shaw
British Dictionary definitions for redistribute
/ (ˌriːdɪˈstrɪbjuːt) /
to distribute (something) again or differently
Derived forms of redistribute
- redistributive, adjective
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