transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪdres ]
The noun is also pronounced /ri:dres/ in American English.
( redresses, redressing, redressed)
1.
If you redress something such as a wrong or a complaint, you do something to correct it or to improve things for the person who has been badly treated. ( FORMAL )
More and more victims turn to litigation to redress wrongs done to them.
VERB : V n
2.
If you redress the balance or the imbalance between two things that have become unfair or unequal, you make them fair and equal again. ( FORMAL )
So we’re trying to redress the balance and to give teachers a sense that both spoken and written language are equally important.
VERB : V n
3.
Redress is money that someone pays you because they have caused you harm or loss. ( FORMAL )
They are continuing their legal battle to seek some redress from the government.
= compensation
N-UNCOUNT