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admeasure, administer, allocate, allot, appropriate, arrange, array, assign, assign places to, assort, class, classify, deal, decentralize, dispense, dispertire, disseminate, distribuere, divide, dividere, dole, file, give out, mete, parcel out, portion out, prorate, ration, scatter, set in order, share, sort, sow, space, spread, sprinkle, systematize
associated concepts: distributed among creditors, distributed because of liquidation, distribution of an estate
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administer (tender), allocate, allot, apportion, assign (allot), bequeath, bestow, cast (throw), circulate, classify, deploy, detail (assign), diffuse, dispense, disperse (disseminate), dispose (apportion), disseminate, dole, expend (disburse), file (arrange), fix (arrange), give (grant), intersperse, issue (publish), marshal, mete, parcel, partition, post, prorate, publish, sort, split, spread, subdivide, supply
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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v.To deal out portions or shares of something.n.distribution
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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To give assets, usually from an estate or trust, to the people who are entitled to receive them under the terms of a will, trust document, state law, or beneficiary designation.Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates → Estates, Executors & Probate Court
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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v.1) the dividing up of those assets of an estate or trust when someone has died according to the terms of the deceased's will or trust, or in absence of a will, according to the laws of descent and distribution.2) division of profits or assets of a corporation or business.
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.
Look at other dictionaries:
distribute — distribute, dispense, divide, deal, dole are comparable when they mean to give out, usually in shares, to each member of a group. Distribute implies either an apportioning among many by separation of something into parts, units, or amounts, and… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
distribute — dis‧trib‧ute [dɪˈstrɪbjuːt] verb [transitive] 1. MARKETING COMMERCE to make goods available to customers after they have been produced: • The new products will be sold under the Lipton brand and distributed by Pepsi. 2 … Financial and business terms
Distribute — Dis*trib ute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distributed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Distributing}.] [L. distributus, p. p. of distribuere to divide, distribute; dis + tribuere to assign, give, allot. See {Tribute}.] 1. To divide among several or many; to deal out; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
distribute — [di strib′yo͞ot, di strib′yoot] vt. distributed, distributing [ME distributen < L distributus, pp. of distribuere, to distribute < dis , apart + tribuere, to allot: see TRIBUTE] 1. to divide and give out in shares; allot 2. to scatter or… … English World dictionary
distribute — (v.) early 15c., to deal out or apportion, from L. distributus, pp. of distribuere to divide, distribute (see DISTRIBUTION (Cf. distribution)). Related: Distributable; distributed; distributing … Etymology dictionary
distribute — [v1] allocate, deliver, spread administer, allot, apportion, appropriate, assign, bestow, circulate, consign, convey, cut up, deal, deal out, diffuse, disburse, dish out*, dispense, disperse, dispose, disseminate, divide, divvy up*, dole out*,… … New thesaurus
Distribute — Dis*trib ute, v. i. To make distribution. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
distribute — To sort mail in order to group pieces according to a plan or scheme … Glossary of postal terms
distribute — should be pronounced with the stress on the second syllable, although (as with contribute) pronunciation with stress on the first syllable is increasingly heard … Modern English usage
distribute — ► VERB 1) hand or share out to a number of recipients. 2) (be distributed) be spread over an area. 3) supply (goods) to retailers. DERIVATIVES distributable adjective. ORIGIN Latin distribuere divide up … English terms dictionary