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Definition of distributive adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

distributive

adjective
 
/dɪˈstrɪbjətɪv/
 
/dɪˈstrɪbjətɪv/
[usually before noun] (business)
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  1. connected with distribution of goods
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDistributive is used with these nouns:
    • justice
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French distributif, -ive or late Latin distributivus, from Latin distribut- ‘divided up’, from the verb distribuere, from dis- ‘apart’ + tribuere ‘assign’.
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