Distributive means relating to the distribution of goods.
Reorganization is necessary on the distributive side of this industry.
English Easy Learning GrammarDistributivesDistributives are determiners that are used to talk about how something is sharedout or divided. The distributives are each, every, either, and neither. ... Read more
distributive in British English
(dɪˈstrɪbjʊtɪv)
adjective
1.
characterized by or relating to distribution
2. grammar
referring separately to the individual people or items in a group, as the words each and every
noun
3. grammar
a distributive word
4. mathematics
able to be distributed
multiplication is distributive over addition
Derived forms
distributively (disˈtributively)
adverb
distributiveness (disˈtributiveness)
noun
distributive in American English
(dɪˈstrɪbjuˌtɪv; dɪstrɪbjʊtɪv)
adjective
1.
distributing or tending to distribute
2.
relating to distribution
3. Grammar
referring individually to all members of a group
“each” and “either” are distributive words
4. Ancient Mathematics
of or having to do with a property, law, or principle in which the relationship between two combined operations, as multiplication and addition or multiplication and subtraction, is such that the results are the same whether the first operation is done on each item of a set and then combined or done once on the items in the set thathave already been combined (Ex.: a(b + c) = ab + ac)