
noun
- a distribution performed again or anew.
- Economics. the theory, policy, or practice of lessening or reducing inequalities in income through such measures as progressive income taxation and antipoverty programs.
noun
- the act or instance of distributing or the state or manner of being distributed again
- (in Canada) a periodic revision of the number of seats in the House of Commons, made to reflect changes in population
1831, from French redistribution; see re- + distribution.
Any process, such as inflation or taxation or the provision of social services, that reallocates household income.