Definition of redistribution in English:
redistribution
noun ˌriːdɪstrɪˈbjuːʃ(ə)nˌridɪstrəˈbjuʃ(ə)n
mass nounThe distribution of something in a different way, typically to achieve greater social equality.
social justice required redistribution of wealth
as modifier a government land redistribution policy
Example sentencesExamples
- The first priority of the revolution became the redistribution of land under the Agrarian Reform Act.
- Not only will redistribution of the fruits of progress not erase gaps, they will foster more dissatisfaction with inequalities that remain.
- In the UK in recent years there has been some significant redistribution in the power of manufacturers relative to retailers.
- Agricultural development, not redistribution of food, is needed for economic development.
- The seat of Oxley disappeared in a redistribution of electoral boundaries.
- This cultural radicalism was not matched by any serious commitment to a redistribution of wealth.
- A congestion toll may involve a redistribution of income from low income to high income travellers.
- By disputing the legality of the government measures, the judiciary fuelled opposition to the redistribution policies.
- The government refuses to acknowledge that their implementation of the land redistribution programme has caused forced displacement of people.
- The only way to universalize upper-middle class taste would be through universal redistribution of upper-middle class wealth.
Definition of redistribution in US English:
redistribution
nounˌrēdistrəˈbyo͞oSH(ə)nˌridɪstrəˈbjuʃ(ə)n
The distribution of something in a different way, typically to achieve greater social equality.
social justice required redistribution of wealth
as modifier a government land redistribution policy
Example sentencesExamples
- In the UK in recent years there has been some significant redistribution in the power of manufacturers relative to retailers.
- The government refuses to acknowledge that their implementation of the land redistribution programme has caused forced displacement of people.
- The seat of Oxley disappeared in a redistribution of electoral boundaries.
- Agricultural development, not redistribution of food, is needed for economic development.
- The first priority of the revolution became the redistribution of land under the Agrarian Reform Act.
- This cultural radicalism was not matched by any serious commitment to a redistribution of wealth.
- By disputing the legality of the government measures, the judiciary fuelled opposition to the redistribution policies.
- A congestion toll may involve a redistribution of income from low income to high income travellers.
- The only way to universalize upper-middle class taste would be through universal redistribution of upper-middle class wealth.
- Not only will redistribution of the fruits of progress not erase gaps, they will foster more dissatisfaction with inequalities that remain.