distributor
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3.0
- noun
- /dɪsˈtrɪbjʊtər/
- The company's distributor network ensures that every store has access to the latest merchandise.
- manufacturer or distributor
- suppliers and distributors
- licensed distributors
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Examples
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But it was not an efficient distributor of those staples and nails.
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I wanted you all to see it first... because you're the best distributors in the business.
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But now she was a distributor for Amway.
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They need distributors in those neighborhoods.
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I'm a cosmetics distributor.
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Four primary actors are involved in the peyote trade: distributors, pickers, landowners, and NAC members.
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The major actors in the peyote trade include landowners, pickers, distributors, and NAC members.
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As a new distributor, he was responsible for supplying products to stores in the area.
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She worked as a distributor for a popular brand, making sure their products reached various retailers.
Synonyms
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2.9
A company or person that supplies services such as internet and electricity
191
2.7
A company or person that sells goods and services to businesses and people
190
2.0
A person or company that sells things, for example at a market
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6.7
A person or company that supplies food to shops and restaurants
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3.5
A person or company that buys goods in large amounts from makers and sells them to shops
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3.7
A person or business that buys goods to sell to others for profit
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8.1
A company that buys goods from makers and sells them to shops
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A company or person that supplies goods to shops and businesses
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3.4
A person or company that buys large amounts of goods and sells them to shops
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6.1
A shop or company that has and sells goods of a particular brand
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6.2
A person or business that buys things and sells them to others
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4.4
A person or company that supplies goods and services to others
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9.1
A company that supplies goods to shops and other sellers
A person who organizes the sending and delivery of goods from one place to another
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.9
A protective cover in a car engine that holds the wires to the spark plugs
- Archaic
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8.6
A metal contact in a car's ignition that the rotor arm touches to send electricity 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 device in a car engine that sends high voltage to the spark plugs in the right order
How Widely
- Texting
19
3.8
74
3.0
1
7.0
51
3.0
5
3.6
177
2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
distributor = distribute (transparent) = distribute + or
Agent noun formed from 'distribute' by the productive suffix '-or', yielding a general sense 'one who/allows distribution'.
Etymology
Distributor comes from Latin parts dis- 'apart' and tribuere 'to give', like the word contribute. So a distributor is someone who gives or divides things to different people, which fits when someone shares an estate or sends resources to others.