redistributere‧dis‧trib‧ute /ˌriːdɪˈstrɪbjuːt/ AWL verb [transitive] 
a programme to redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor
VERB TABLE
redistribute
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | redistribute |
| he, she, it | redistributes | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | redistributed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have redistributed |
| he, she, it | has redistributed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had redistributed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will redistribute |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have redistributed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am redistributing |
| he, she, it | is redistributing | |
| you, we, they | are redistributing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was redistributing |
| you, we, they | were redistributing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been redistributing |
| he, she, it | has been redistributing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been redistributing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be redistributing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been redistributing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Taxes are a way of redistributing income for the welfare of the whole society.
- The socialists are committed to redistributing wealth.
- The tax will be collected nationally and the money raised will be redistributed to local authorities.
- And some wealth is going to get redistributed.
- Finally, arrangements are to be created to redistribute wealth in the region.
- Public policy should redistribute income and subsidise, if not deliver directly, essential services such as education and health.
- The optimal tariff increases welfare only marginally, its main effect being to redistribute welfare from farmers to government.
- The scramble to redistribute existing resources and clients provides the conditions for the development of schemes such as the duty solicitor.
- The tribute that poured into the temple store-rooms, dedicated variously to deities and sanctuaries, had to be recorded and redistributed.
- These gifts would then be redistributed to the poor, either individually or collectively.
Longman Language Activatorto divide something so that two or more people get a part of it
to divide something so that several people have a part of it: · We agreed that we would share the prize money if we won.share something among/between somebody: · She shared the cake between the children.share out something: · Profits from the sale of tickets were shared out among the members of the band.share something out: · We'll share what's left out between the three of us.
if a small number of people split something, especially money, they divide it into equal parts and take a part each: · They planned to rob a bank, split the money, and leave the country.split something among/between somebody: · He said that the land should be split between his four sons.split something two/three/four etc ways (=to divide something between two, three etc people): · I think we should split whatever we get four ways.
to separate something into two or more parts: divide something between somebody: · Hitler and Stalin agreed to divide Poland between them.divide up something/divide something up between somebody: · We divided up the rest of the pie between us.divide up something/divide something up: · Have you decided how you're going to divide up the money?
to share something such as wealth or power among different people, groups, or organizations: · We must try to distribute the country's wealth so that we help those who need it most.· The party's aim is to distribute power more evenly among the people.
to share something, especially money, in a different way from before, so that more people have a fair share of it: · The socialists are committed to redistributing wealth.· The tax will be collected nationally and the money raised will be redistributed to local authorities.
if two or more people, organizations, or countries carve something up , especially land or a company belonging to someone else, they divide it into separate parts and share it between them: carve up something: · The British and French carved up the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I.carve something up: · The two companies wanted to acquire the business and carve it up.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a programme to redistribute wealth from the rich to the poorCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
to give something to each member of a group so that it is divided up in a different way from beforeredistribute income/wealth/resources etc a programme to redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor· Public policy should redistribute income and subsidise, if not deliver directly, essential services such as education and health.· Ethically, it is impossible to redistribute income intentionally in a developing country to see if civil strife erupts.· The Conservatives' taxation and benefit policies have redistributed income from the poor to the rich.· Not quite so obviously, they want to redistribute income from those with more to those with less.· An alternative is that in which government takes much greater action to redistribute income.
· He said it would redistribute the land to the squatters and other poor black people.
· Finally, arrangements are to be created to redistribute wealth in the region.· There is a mechanism for redistributing wealth from the rich to the poor.
VERB· Not quite so obviously, they want to redistribute income from those with more to those with less.
a programme to redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor