A distributor is a company that supplies goods to shops or other businesses.
[business]
...Spain's largest distributor of petroleum products.
...the country's biggest book distributor
Theater owners lease films from film distributors.
2. countable noun [usually singular]
The distributor in a car or other motor vehicle is a device that sends electric current to the spark plugs in the engine.
distributor in British English
or distributer (dɪˈstrɪbjʊtə)
noun
1.
a person or thing that distributes
2.
a wholesaler or middleman engaged in the distribution of a category of goods, esp to retailers in a specific area
3.
the device in a petrol engine that distributes the high-tension voltage to the sparking plugs in the sequence of the firing order
distributor in American English
(dɪˈstrɪbjʊtər)
noun
a person or thing that distributes
; specif.,
a. US
an agent or business firm that distributes goods to consumers or dealers
b. US
a device for distributing electric current to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine so that they fire in proper order
Derived forms
distributorship (disˈtributorˌship)
noun
distributor in Automotive Engineering
(dɪstrɪbyətər)
Word forms: (regular plural) distributors
noun
(Automotive engineering: Vehicle components, Engine, transmission, and exhaust)
A distributor is an engine-driven switch that sends the high-voltage ignition current to each spark plug in turn.
We adjusted the distributor with each run, to tune the engine to its peak.
The coil wire conducts the high voltage to the distributor, where the cap and rotor distribute it to the appropriate spark plug.
The ignition system can be a distributor and coil system or a direct ignition system not using a distributor.
Word builder-orThe suffix -or is often used to form words connected with performing a particularfunction.
distributor in Retail
(dɪstrɪbyətər)
Word forms: (regular plural) distributors
noun
(Retail: Personnel)
A distributor is a business involved in moving goods to where they are needed, often from a central point on a road or rail network to the surrounding area.
Food distributors sell their inventory to grocery stores.
The online digital entertainment business was previously owned by a US distributor and wholesaler of home entertainment products.
A distributor is a business involved in moving goods to where they are needed, often from a centralpoint on a road or rail network to the surrounding area.
distribution
Examples of 'distributor' in a sentence
distributor
The distributor's next big bet is on data.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He said that the company was utilising its position as a craft producer and distributor.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Some of the larger distributors can also give you instant prices.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The fact that distributors and manufacturers were unaware of what was going into their products is the worst thing about the debacle.
The Sun (2013)
Where will this leave film studios, distributors and music companies?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Hollywood producers and distributors had begun tightening their grip on actors' salaries and curbing their creative input.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Increased concentration of the ownership of production within Europe will pose a new challenge to retailers and distributors.
Tom Cannon Basic Marketing. Principles and Practice (1986)
The company is well placed to experiment with this new model, because it is also a film distributor.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Manufacturers and distributors tend to be good borrowers, with assets in the form of machinery and vehicles providing security.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Producers and distributors of life-changing content.
Christianity Today (2000)
They have bypassed the normal network of expensive wholesalers and distributors used by rivals and source direct from the factory in China.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He was the biggest junk fax distributor in the UK until the practice was outlawed.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The boss of one of the biggest power distributors admitted that the company had been ill-prepared for the storms with too many staff on holiday.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Musician, music publisher, film distributor.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They then targeted independent American and British films that the big distributors were too nervous to touch.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
US broadcasters tend not to pay for the content, but ask the production company and or distributor to cover the cost.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Perhaps you are a manufacturer, a distributor, or a company further up the supply chain with no direct contact with consumers.
Larry Downes THE STRATEGY MACHINE (2002)
It is the world's largest distributor of electronics and engineering products, the supplier of a huge array of about half a million gizmos and gadgets.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In other languages
distributor
British English: distributor /dɪˈstrɪbjʊtə/ NOUN
A distributor is a company that supplies goods to shops or other businesses.
...the country's largest distributor of petroleum products.