Redistributor

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person or entity that takes something and distributes it again to others
2. An individual or organization responsible for reallocating resources or goods to different recipients
3. One who reallocates or reallocates items, information, or resources for further distribution

Etymology: "Redistributor" is a plain formation: the verb "redistribute," meaning to distribute again or differently, with the agent suffix "-or" added to name the one who does the redistributing. The suffix comes from Latin "-or," which English uses to turn verbs into nouns for a person or thing that performs an action, as in "distributor" itself or "editor." The sense here is commercial: a redistributor is a middleman who buys goods from producers and passes them on to retailers or other buyers. The word therefore names a role in the chain of supply rather than the act of spreading things out in general, which is why it is most often heard in trade and economic writing.

Synonyms: reallocator, reassigner, redivider