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dis·trib·ute
/ disˈtribyoōt/
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v. [tr.]
1.
give shares of (something); deal out:
information leaflets are being distributed to hotels and guest houses.
∎
supply (goods) to stores and other businesses that sell to consumers:
the journal is distributed worldwide.
∎ (be distributed)
occur throughout an area:
the birds are mainly distributed in marshes and river valleys.
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Printing
separate (metal type that has been set up) and return the characters to their separate compartments in a type case.
2.
Logic
use (a term) to include every individual of the class to which it refers:
the middle term must be distributed, at least once, in the premises.
DERIVATIVES:
dis·trib·ut·a·ble
adj.
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Distributions from The Vanguard Group of Investment Companies
PR Newswire; 9/22/1997; 700+ words
; ...declared the following distributions: VANGUARD/WELLESLEY...FUND -- a quarterly distribution from ordinary net...FUND -- a quarterly distribution from ordinary net...FUND -- a quarterly distribution from ordinary net...
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DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE VANGUARD GROUP OF INVESTMENT COMPANIES
PR Newswire; 6/16/1995; 700+ words
; ...declared the following distributions: VANGUARD/WELLINGTON FUND -- a quarterly distribution from ordinary net income...FUND -- a quarterly distribution from ordinary net income...PORTFOLIO -- a quarterly distribution from ordinary net income...
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Distributions From The Vanguard Group.
PR Newswire; 12/28/1998; 700+ words
; ...have declared the following distributions: VANGUARD EMERGING MARKETS...INDEX FUND -- an annual distribution from ordinary net income...INDEX FUND -- an annual distribution from ordinary net income...an annual capital gains distribution in the amount of $0.08...
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Distribution from the Vanguard Group of Investment Companies.
PR Newswire; 12/31/1987; 700+ words
; DISTRIBUTION FROM THE VANGUARD GROUP...has declared the following distributions: VANGUARD STAR FUND -- a semi-annual distribution from ordinary net income...per share and an annual distribution from realized net capital...
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DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE VANGUARD GROUP OF INVESTMENT COMPANIES ANNOUNCED
PR Newswire; 12/20/1993; 700+ words
; ...declared the following distributions: VANGUARD QUANTITATIVE...a semi-annual distribution from ordinary net...annual capital gains distribution in the amount of...INCOME -- a quarterly distribution from ordinary net...
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Distributions From The Vanguard Group
PR Newswire; 12/19/1996; 700+ words
; ...declared the following distributions: VANGUARD STAR PORTFOLIO...a semi-annual distribution from ordinary net...cents) and an annual distribution from 1996 realized...PORTFOLIO -- an annual distribution from ordinary net...
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Distribution of Life and Pensions in Europe, 2002.
M2 Presswire; 2/18/2003; 700+ words
; ...February 2003-Research and Markets: Distribution of Life and Pensions in Europe, 2002...COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02152003 Distribution of Life and Pensions in Europe 2002...the key trends and issues surrounding distribution of life and pension products in Europe...
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Distribution and channel conflict: why field is concerned. (insurance marketing)(Two Views On Distribution)
Magazine article from: National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition; 11/10/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...products. "If you build it, you better have distribution," is the more appropriate advice for...bring new product to market, and that distribution better be weD-managed. Distribution is the key to successful marketing implementation...
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Distributions of marketable securities from partnerships
Magazine article from: The CPA Journal; 4/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...treatment of distributions of marketable...c), a distribution of marketable...treated as a distribution of money...applicable to distributions by a partnership...before the distribution. Before GATT, the only distributions that would...
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Distributions From The Vanguard Group of Investment Companies
PR Newswire; 6/20/1997; 700+ words
; ...declared the following distributions: VANGUARD/WELLINGTON FUND -- a quarterly distribution from ordinary net income...FUND -- a quarterly distribution from ordinary net income...PORTFOLIO -- a quarterly distribution from ordinary net income...
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Distribution, Uniform
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...of the uniform distribution is to find the...other probability distributions, such as the normal distribution. A random variate...variates of any distribution incorrectly represent...other modeled distributions. A random variate...
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Distribution, Poisson
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...the binomial distribution is transformed...the Poisson distribution The difference between the two distributions is shown in...the Poisson distribution. If one compares...two Poisson distributions and would find...
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Distribution and Distribution Requirements Planning
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Management
Distribution and Distribution Requirements Planning A supply channel is composed of three structures...the development and production of products and originates the distribution process. The terminal point in the channel is the retailer who...
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Normal Distributions
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
...The shape of the distribution associated with these...More specifically, distributions allow for the probability...the most widely used distribution to describe continuous...to as the Gaussian distribution, after the well...1855). Normal distributions are a family of distributions...
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Distribution, Normal
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...close fit to the empirical distribution of observational errors...distributed. However, the normal distribution also appeared in other mathematical...showed that certain binomial distributions could be approximated by...commonplace illustration is the distribution of coin tosses. In the...
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