"of or pertaining to redistribution," especially of wealth, 1860; see redistribute + -ive. Related: Redistributively.
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redistribute v.
also re-distribute, "distribute again, apportion afresh," 1610s, from re- "back, again" + distribute. Political economy sense is by 1863. Related: Redistributed; redistributing.
-ive
word-forming element making adjectives from verbs, meaning "pertaining to, tending to; doing, serving to do," in some cases from Old French -if, but usually directly from Latin adjectival suffix -ivus (source also of Italian and Spanish -ivo). In some words borrowed from French at an early date it has been reduced to -y (as in hasty, tardy).