Associations to the word «Redistribution»

Wiktionary

REDISTRIBUTION, noun. The act of changing the distribution of resources
REDISTRIBUTION, noun. The act of distributing copies of books, papers or digital media.
REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH, noun. (economics) The process of redistributing income between members of a society through transfer payments, taxes, etc.

Dictionary definition

REDISTRIBUTION, noun. Distributing again; "the revolution resulted in a redistribution of wealth".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats