Repartitions

Part of speech: noun, verb

Definitions

1. Fresh allocations of a whole into separate portions ; to split something once more into distinct sections
2. New divisions or reallocations that carve a whole into shares again ; the act of dividing an entity into parts anew
3. Renewed distributions that break a total into fresh portions ; to apportion something again into separate pieces

Etymology: "Repartitions" is the plural of "repartition", a noun meaning a new division or the act of dividing something again. The noun comes from Middle French "répartition", which is itself built from the prefix "re-", meaning again or back, and "partition", the division of something into parts. In other words, a repartition is simply a partition made a second time, with the parts being reshuffled or redrawn. The plural form therefore refers to several such redivisions, as when a territory, a budget or a set of shares is split up anew. Since the plural adds only the usual "-s" to the noun, its history is that of the singular.

Synonyms: redistribution, reallocation, reapportionment, redivision