spread the wealth

idiom

: to share money or good fortune with others

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Meanwhile, the six majors in the men’s and women’s divisions have all been won by separate runners, which has spread the wealth around. Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 3 Nov. 2024 The central motivator for terrorism, according to Beck, is this: an economic grievance against a superpower that is unable to grow or spread the wealth but is also holding on to its position of dominance at all costs. Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2024 One way to make that happen would be to directly redistribute the revenue raised by the tax on a per capita basis, in the form of checks to all households; that would spread the wealth and build political support for the combination of economic openness and redistribution. Jeff D. Colgan, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017 In recent years, hugely profitable start-ups have created relatively few new jobs and done little to spread the wealth. Robert Litan, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2014 See all Example Sentences for spread the wealth 

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“Spread the wealth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spread%20the%20wealth. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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