verb

redistribute

to redistribute

The government plans to redistribute wealth.

The government plans to redistribute wealth.

Please redistribute the files to the new folders.

Please redistribute the files to the new folders.

((sth.)) to distribute sth. again or differently The company will redistribute the profits.

((sth.)) ((to sb.)) to distribute sth. to sb. again They redistribute food to the poor.

Synonyms: reallocate, reapportion, reshuffle

Comes from the prefix 're-' (again) and the verb 'distribute'.

Break it down: 're-' means 'again' and 'distribute' means to give out. So, it's 'to give out again'.

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