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redistributor

redistributor

1 6.2
A person or business that buys things and sells them to others
  • noun
  • /ˌriːdɪsˈtrɪbjʊtər/
translation icon : redistribuidor
  • The non-profit organization acts as a redistributor of food to low-income families in the community.

Examples

  • As a redistributor, her job is to channel donations from large corporations to charitable organizations.

  • Man has been a hunter, a producer, a thinker, but never a redistributor.

    Blog text (19)

  • How can the father still act as giver and redistributor, asks Breech, after his apparent capitulation?

    Academic text (1992)

  • Many companies rely on a redistributor to ensure their products reach the right markets efficiently.

Synonyms

distributor
vsredistributor
30 3.0

A person or organization who gives out things to others

is about doing that again or in a new way
purveyor
vsredistributor
23 6.7

A person or company that supplies food to shops and restaurants

is more general and can redistribute items beyond food supplies
reseller
vsredistributor
12 3.7

A person or business that buys goods to sell to others for profit

rather focuses on passing items on again or changing their distribution path
stockist
vsredistributor
  • UK
1 6.1

A shop or company that has and sells goods of a particular brand

emphasizes sending those supplies again or in a different way
distributer
vsredistributor
  • US
3.4

A company or person that supplies goods to shops and businesses

is broader and can do that again or in new ways
distributionist
vsredistributor
7.2

A person who organizes the sending and delivery of goods from one place to another

focuses more on doing it again or changing how it is sent

Surface Forms

redistributor singular
redistributors plural

Morphology

redistributor = redistribute (transparent) = re + distribute + or

The noun is a standard agentive formation meaning someone or something that performs the action of redistributing.

Etymology

Redistributor comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and the verb distribute meaning 'to give out' or 'share'. So a redistributor is someone who 'gives out again', for example a company that buys products or digital content and sends them on to new customers.