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redistribute
(redirected from redistributive)

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re·dis·trib·ute  (rd-strbyt)
tr.v. re·dis·trib·ut·ed, re·dis·trib·ut·ing, re·dis·trib·utes
To distribute again in a different way; reallocate.

redistribute [ˌriːdɪˈstrɪbjuːt]
vb (tr)
to distribute (something) again or differently
redistributive  adj
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Verb1.redistribute - distribute anew; "redistribute the troops more strategically"
spread, distribute - distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their language all over the country"

redistribute
verb re-allocate, divide up, share out, reassign, re-allot, re-apportion Taxes could be used to redistribute income.
Translations
redistribute [ˈriːdɪsˈtrɪbjuːt] VTdistribuir de nuevo, volver a distribuir
redistribute [ˌriːdɪˈstrɪbjuːt] vt
[+ wealth, income] → redistribuer
[+ weight, load] → répartir différemment
redistribute
vt wealthumverteilen, neu verteilen; (= reallocate) workneu zuteilen
redistribute [ˌriːdɪsˈtrɪbjuːt] vtridistribuire


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He is not the first to ask, nor the first to seek an answer, he says, but contributes to the debate by opening it to wider questions reading the possibility, likelihood, and indeed desirability of returning to the more substantive and redistributive ambitions of traditional social democracy at either the national or the supra-natural level.
The highly redistributive tax reforms - including taking four million low-earners out of income tax altogether - come as the Lib Dems seek to supplant Labour as the party of the left.
What is remarkable in the Swiss context is the extent of local government planning dedicated to such extreme redistributive practices, in terms of economics and land use.
 
 
 
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