MEANING
A change in how resources, income, burdens or other things are distributed among recipients or uses.
Use it for
tracking who gains and loses through a change; distinguishing a transfer from equalization by itself
Words that belong together
- income redistribution
- redistribution of resources
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Income redistribution changed the balance of benefits and burdens under the stated policy.
Redistribution of resources shifted capacity between departments without increasing the total available.
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Usage notes
Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: social explanation, distributional analysis, population description, concept distinction. Disciplines: social science, economics, public policy. Commonness: moderately common.
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