distributor
- noun
- /dɪsˈtrɪbjutər/
- We went to various distributors, including the broadcast networks, the cable companies, et cetera, pitched the idea.
- producers and distributors
- manufacturers and distributors
- distributors to retailers
We'll be seeking this dream distributor that you're going to sponsor.
- We'll be seeking this dream distributor that you're going to sponsor.
- Now, I have audited distributors before, like majors.
- It's being distributed by a small distributor and I've never heard of it.
- But but now, now suddenly it's, we have a distributor who loves the film.
- People had multiple levels of distributors and dealers and that sort of thing.
- The Internet will become the wholesaler, the distributor, the middle.
- My friends are organizing, talking to labels and distributors, and it is happening like this.
- I, I became an entrepreneur and I became a distributor of sorts.
- And they are the distributor that most non Amazon retailers will buy from.
- And so I I advise when it comes out, I think Dan is looking for a distributor now.
- Paul was just a small company and so we got a one and he said, look, Joe, you get a five star shoe and I'll be a distributor.
Examples
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So I brought in eight of my biggest distributors from around the country.
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For example, an order from Cuba comes in to some wholesale distributor in Canada.
Academic text (1994) -
I just got off the phone with the distributor.
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The winner gets a contract with a major distributor.
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And they are the distributor that most non Amazon retailers will buy from.
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People had multiple levels of distributors and dealers and that sort of thing.
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He works for a distributor in Philly.
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The new music distributor helped local bands get their albums into shops across the country.
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As the exclusive distributor for several brands, the company plays a vital role in the supply chain.
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The distributor made sure that all the stores received their products on time for the holiday season.
Synonyms
A company or person that supplies services such as internet and electricity
A person or company that sells things, for example at a market
A company or person that sells goods and services to businesses and people
A person or company that supplies food to shops and restaurants
A person or company that buys goods in large amounts from makers and sells them to shops
A person or company that buys large amounts of goods and sells them to shops
A person or business that buys goods to sell to others for profit
A person or company that buys large amounts of goods to sell to shops
A company that buys goods from makers and sells them to shops
A shop or company that has and sells goods of a particular brand
A company or person that supplies goods to shops and businesses
A company that supplies goods to shops and other sellers
A woman who buys large amounts of goods and sells them to shops
A person who sells goods in large amounts to shops
A person or company that buys, sells, and moves goods
A person or business that sells to customers
Compounds
- Specialized
A protective cover in a car engine that holds the wires to the spark plugs
- Specialized
A part inside a car distributor that turns to send a spark to each spark plug in order
- Specialized
A metal cover that holds and protects the cam that turns to send sparks in a car engine
- Archaic
A metal contact in a car's ignition that the rotor arm touches to send electricity to the spark plugs
- Archaic
A device in a car engine that sends high voltage to the spark plugs in the right order
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Surface Forms
Morphology
distributor = distribute (transparent) = distribute + or
Standard agentive noun formed from the verb 'distribute' with the productive suffix '-or', so the meaning 'one who distributes' is directly derived.
Etymology
Distributor comes from Latin parts dis- 'apart' and tribuere 'to give', the same root you see in contribute. Think of a distributor as someone who 'gives out' goods to shops, which is why the word means a company or person who supplies stores.