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distributorship

distributorship

2 6.8
A business allowed to sell a brand's products in a certain area
  • noun
  • /dɪsˈtrɪb.jə.tɚ.ʃɪp/
translation icon : distribución
  • My uncle operates a successful distributorship for electronic products in the region.
  • beer distributorship
  • liquor distributorship
  • wholesale distributorship

Examples

  • Toyota corporate might want to consider revoking the dealership's distributorship.

    Blog text (21)

  • After years in retail, she decided to invest in a distributorship for organic foods.

  • Dad worked for a Miller distributorship.

    Blog text (20)

  • If you have a distributorship and you distribute this materiaI, close your doors, make no more sales.

    The Stuff (1985)

  • The Remblays owned a wine distributorship in town, and as far as JJ could tell, William ran it alone.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • As a teenager, he worked as an errand boy at the Humara and Lastra RCA distributorship in Havana.

    Academic text (1995)

  • As a Cardinal, he would play for Gussie Busch, the beer baron owner, who set him up with an Anheuser-Busch distributorship when he retired in 1968.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The company sought a new partner to expand their international distributorship network.

Synonyms

dealership
vsdistributorship
102 3.9

A business that sells new and used cars to local customers

is the broader authorized role covering distribution beyond local or single-product sales
distributor
vsdistributorship
74 3.5

A company that supplies products to shops and businesses

is the authorized role representing a supplier rather than just any intermediary
wholesaler
vsdistributorship
22 3.5

A person or company that buys goods in large amounts from makers and sells them to shops

is an authorized representative of a supplier rather than a bulk buyer and seller
distro
vsdistributorship
  • Jargon
1 8.1

A company that buys goods from makers and sells them to shops

is the formal designated position with supplier permission not just an informal name
distributer
vsdistributorship
  • US
3.4

A company or person that supplies goods to shops and businesses

is the formal authorized position instead of a simple supplying company
disty
vsdistributorship
  • Jargon
9.1

A company that supplies goods to shops and other sellers

is the official authorized status rather than a casual or slang label

Surface Forms

distributorship singular
distributorships plural

Morphology

distributorship = distributor (transparent) = distribute + or + ship

Formed by adding the noun-forming '-or' to 'distribute' to make 'distributor' and then '-ship' to denote the office or business, so the meaning is directly derived from the base.

Etymology

The word distributorship comes from the verb distribute, which means 'to give out' or 'share', and the ending -ship, which names a 'position' or 'business', as in friendship or leadership. So a distributorship is the business or position of being the one who gives out or sells a supplier's products.