distribute
verb
[ dɪˈstrɪbjuːt ]
• give a share or a unit of (something) to each of a number of recipients.
• "information leaflets are being distributed to hotels"
Similar:
give out,
deal out,
hand out/round,
issue,
dispense,
administer,
pass round,
dole out,
dispose of,
allocate,
allot,
apportion,
assign,
share out,
divide out/up,
measure out,
mete out,
parcel out,
ration out,
divvy up,
dish out,
circulate,
hand out,
deliver,
convey,
transmit,
• occur throughout an area.
• "the birds are mainly distributed in marshes and river valleys"
• 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"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin distribut- ‘divided up’, from the verb distribuere, from dis- ‘apart’ + tribuere ‘assign’.
