redistributive.

Serving to change an existing distribution of resources, income or advantages among people or groups.

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Words that belong together

• redistributive policy
• redistributive effect

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The redistributive policy shifted some of the financing burden toward higher incomes.

The study measured the redistributive effect rather than assuming it from the policy’s title.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Relational adjective; compare degree only where the context genuinely concerns the strength of the relevant characteristic. 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: economic explanation, resource analysis, incentive analysis, comparison. Disciplines: economics, business, social science. Commonness: moderately common.