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dis·tri·bu·tion (dis′tri byo̵̅o̅′s̸hən)

noun

  1. a distributing or being distributed; specif.,
    1. apportionment by law (of funds, property, etc.)
    2. the process by which commodities get to final consumers, including storing, selling, shipping, and advertising
    3. frequency of occurrence or extent of existence
  2. anything distributed; portion; share
  3. the result of distributing; arrangement
  4. Statistics the relative arrangement of the elements of a statistical population based on some criterion, as frequency, time, or location

Etymology: ME distribucioun < L distributio

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business distribution definition - business

finance distribution definition - finance

law distribution definition - legal

medical distribution definition - medical

distribution Synonyms

distribution

n.

  1. The act of distributing

    dispersal, dispersion, allotment, allocation, partitioning, partition, division, dividing up, assignment, deal, dealing, circulation, disposal, disposing of, apportionment, prorating, rationing, sharing, allowance, arrangement, scattering, diffusion, dissemination, administration, dissipation, sorting, making generally available, assigning by lot, spreading, dispensation, disbursement, giving out, parceling out, doling out, handing out, peddling, delivery, shipping, merchandising; see also sense 2; division 1.

    Antonyms collection*, retention*, storage. *

  2. The result or measure of distributing

    frequency, arrangement, occurrence, disposition, disposal, ordering, grouping, pattern, combination, relationships, appearance, configuration, placement, number, plenty, saturation, population, spread, concentration; see also division 2, order 3.

    Antonyms confusion*, tangle*, puzzle.


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distribution Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • wealth: Death duties should be replaced by a legacy duty, to encourage the wider distribution of wealth.

Converse of object

  • calculate: Nature of problem: The program calculates angular distributions produced by direct nuclear transfer reactions.

Adjective modifier

  • spatial: The spatial distribution of the total precipitation anomalies ( bottom panel of Fig.

Modifies a noun

  • depot: It operates its business through a network of distribution depots located throughout the UK.

Noun used with modifier

  • probability: Rather than making a specific prediction, however, the outcome of a match is expressed in the form of a probability distribution.
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distribution quotes

The outstanding faults of the economic society in which we live are its failure to provide for full employment and its arbitraryand inequitable distribution of wealth and incomes.

-Keynes (of Tilton),John Maynard, 1st Baron

Unlike the Laws of Production, those of Distribution are partly of human institution, since the manner in which wealth is distributed in any given society, depends on the statutes or usages therein obtaining.

-Mill,John Stuart

Political economy (the economyof a State, orofcitizens) consists simply in the production, preservation, and distribution, at fittest time and place, of useful or pleasurable things.

-Ruskin,John

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