redistribute

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to distribute resources, wealth, responsibilities, or other things in a different way

   The government plans to redistribute tax revenue among poorer regions.

2. 2
   verb

   to distribute something again, often to new recipients or places

   The publisher may redistribute returned copies to other shops.

From re- ("again; in a different way") + distribute. Distribute comes from Latin distribuere ("divide and assign"), from dis- ("apart") + tribuere ("assign, allot"). The prefix supports both modern senses: distributing again and changing how something is apportioned.

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