Used in a Sentence

redistributed

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for redistributed.

Editorial note

Given that inequality has been steeply rising, you must mean that it has redistributed wealth further from the poor to the rich.

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Quick take

having population and industries relocated from urban to outlying areas

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of redistributed gathered in one view.

adjective

having population and industries relocated from urban to outlying areas

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for redistributed.

adjective

having population and industries relocated from urban to outlying areas

Example sentences

1

Given that inequality has been steeply rising, you must mean that it has redistributed wealth further from the poor to the rich.

2

This fund then gets redistributed based on a combination of need as well as a per-capita flat rate.

3

Reporters who deviate from the consensus lose some of their token balance, which is redistributed to the honest reporters.

4

You do realise that if you redistributed wealth over the world, you would be drastically worse off don't you...

5

Free as in price (and why would the draft be free if it didn't differ), can it be redistributed freely?

6

San Francisco should be paying even more into the federal coffers, to be redistributed even more to Alabama and New Mexico?

7

If this money would be taken and redistributed for a start it would not affect the purchasing power of any natural person.

8

If we redistributed wealth around the world, everyone would be poor, unable to start companies, etc etc.

9

The internet has already redistributed earth shattering quantities of wealth in record time.

10

The same is true for water - large water users (like farmers) who are connected to the water grid can reuse and generate excess water that is redistributed through the existing water grid.

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Edit: The thing that should redistributed is not wealth, but opportunity.

12

Just like the river, no additional wealth is generated as a result of this action: existing wealth is merely being redistributed (toward the rent-seeker) by government policy.

Quote examples

1

Furthermore, as for black holes that "disappear," I think it's pretty plain that their contents are being redistributed into space somehow, as they evaporate the contents of their core.

2

My personal and uninformed option is that you should probably change this to something along the lines of: "This software may be studied but not modified, and copies not be redistributed", which is more explicit.

3

Therefore, I believe that companies operating this way should pay a "robot tax"; the funds gathered by this tax must be redistributed as unemployment/social benefits or, better, as guaranteed income.

4

In particular, I would contend that income gained through luck is fair game for government acquisition through taxation, and if it is possible to distinguish that portion of wealth due to skill from that due to luck (and such appears possible), then the "lucky" portion is open game for acquisition to be spent or redistributed as decided by the powers-that-be.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use redistributed in a sentence?

Given that inequality has been steeply rising, you must mean that it has redistributed wealth further from the poor to the rich.

What does redistributed mean?

having population and industries relocated from urban to outlying areas

What part of speech is redistributed?

redistributed is commonly used as adjective.