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The definition of a distributor is a person or business who gives out or sells goods or services to customers or other businesses, or a device that sends out electrical currents in the proper order to spark plugs in a gasoline engine.

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An example of a distributor is a person who sells Tupperware home products.
An example of a distributor is the part in a gas lawnmower that controls the flow of electrical currents to spark plugs.

See distributor in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person or thing that distributes; specif.,

☆ an agent or business firm that distributes goods to consumers or dealers
☆ a device for distributing electric current to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine so that they fire in proper order

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distributorship noun

See distributor in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

One that distributes, especially a device that applies electric current in proper sequence to the spark plugs of an engine.
One that markets or sells merchandise, especially a wholesaler.

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