distribution
noun
[ dɪstrɪˈbjuːʃ(ə)n ]
• the action of sharing something out among a number of recipients.
• "the government released about 74,000 tonnes of rice for distribution among people affected by the cyclone"
Similar:
giving out,
dealing out,
handing out/round,
issue,
issuing,
issuance,
dispensation,
administering,
administration,
passing round,
doling out,
allocation,
allotment,
apportioning,
apportionment,
assigning,
assignment,
sharing out,
dividing up/out,
division,
measuring out,
meting out,
parcelling out,
rationing out,
• the way in which something is shared out among a group or spread over an area.
• "changes undergone by the area have affected the distribution of its wildlife"
Similar:
dispersal,
diffusion,
dissemination,
scattering,
spread,
placement,
position,
location,
disposition,
arrangement,
organization,
grouping,
classification,
assortment,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin distributio(n- ), from the verb distribuere (see distribute).
