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Definition of distributor noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

distributor

noun
 
/dɪˈstrɪbjətə(r)/
 
/dɪˈstrɪbjətər/
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  1. a person or company that supplies goods to shops, etc.
    • They are Japan's largest software distributor.
    Extra Examples
    • Third-party distributors are used to distribute the product in areas where the group does not have offices.
    • We are the primary distributor of the system in France.
    • They have been appointed sole UK distributor of a number of Hungarian wines.
    • We will act as the exclusive distributor for these Russian goods to the world market.
    • You can get the book through your local distributor.
    • a distributor for Hewlett-Packard Co
    • a distributor for the German market
    • the exclusive distributor for these goods
    • the national electricity distributor
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • global
    • international
    • overseas
    verb + distributor
    • appoint (somebody) as
    • act as
    distributor + noun
    • network
    preposition
    • through a/​the distributor
    • distributor for
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  2. a device in an engine that sends electric current to the spark plugs
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