Definition of "redistribution" []

• The act or process of redistributing. (noun)
• An economic theory or policy that advocates reducing inequalities in the distribution of wealth. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "And so clear is it when you come to the distribution of power that you must consider the subject in all its bearings, that even honorable gentlemen who have taken part in this debate have not been able to avoid the question of what they call the redistribution of seats -- a very important part of the distribution of power."
• "This is not what Republicans want you to think of when you hear the word redistribution."
• "That's why they believe in redistribution of wealth."