Redistributed

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The process of reassigning resources or assets to different entities involves altering the allocation for fairness or efficiency
2. This refers to the act of changing how resources or assets are divided among various groups to promote equity
3. Transferred resources or assets from one group or area to another to achieve a new distribution

Etymology: "Redistributed" is the past tense and past participle of "redistribute," so the history that matters is that of its base verb. "Redistribute" is formed from the prefix "re-", meaning "again" or "back," and "distribute," which comes from Latin "distribuere," "to divide up, allot, assign." Latin "re-" passed into English through Old French and Middle English, while "distribute" entered English as a borrowing from Latin. The combination is transparent: "redistribute" means to divide or allot something again, typically to new recipients or in a new proportion. The sense of altering who holds resources for reasons of fairness or efficiency comes from applying that repeated allotting to economic and social goods, which is why the word is most common in discussions of wealth, land, funds and aid.

Synonyms: reallocated, reassigned