The meaning of Distribution

verb

Manage and be responsible for the running of (a business, organization, etc.).

Usage examples:

Each school was administered separately

verb

Present participle of administer

Usage examples:

The economy has been badly administered by the present government., the economy has been badly admi…

noun

The process or activity of running a business, organization, etc.

Usage examples:

The day-to-day administration of the company

noun

The management or control of an organization

Usage examples:

[ u ] he’s studying business administration., [ c ] the clinton administration has been full of sur…

noun

The activity of managing or dealing with a business activity

Usage examples:

Administration of the scheme is costly in terms of time., she studied business administration at ne…

noun

The action or process of allocating or sharing out something.

Usage examples:

More efficient allocation of resources

noun

A plot of land rented by an individual for growing vegetables or flowers.

Usage examples:

Some of them have nice gardens at home for flowers, and want the allotments to grow vegetables.

noun

The process of sharing something, or the amount or share of something that someone or something is given

Usage examples:

The trade body labeled as illegal last year's allotment of $3.2 billion in cotton subsidies., an al…

verb

Divide up and share out.

Usage examples:

Voting power will be apportioned according to contribution

verb

Present participle of apportion

Usage examples:

When we know how much is profit, then we can apportion the money among/between us., the investigati…

noun

The action or result of apportioning something.

Usage examples:

The apportionment of blame

noun

The action, process, or result of arranging or being arranged.

Usage examples:

The arrangement of the furniture in the room

noun

A plan for how the parts of a piece of music can be played by a particular instrument or instruments

Usage examples:

An arrangement for trumpet and cello, a flower arrangement, she had an arrangement to work at home …

noun

A plan or preparation for how something will happen

Usage examples:

Make an arrangement there wasn't enough time for him to make alternative arrangements., arrangement…

adverb

Used in comparisons to refer to the extent or degree of something.

Usage examples:

Go as fast as you can

conjunction

Used to indicate that something happens during the time when something else is taking place.

Usage examples:

Frank watched him as he ambled through the crowd

preposition

Used to refer to the function or character that someone or something has.

Usage examples:

It came as a shock

verb

Allocate (a job or duty).

Usage examples:

Congress had assigned the task to the agency

verb

Present participle of assign

Usage examples:

[ + two objects ] un troops were assigned the task of rebuilding the hospital., the case has been a…

noun

A miscellaneous collection of things or people.

Usage examples:

The room was filled with an assortment of clothes

noun

A mixture or combination of different types

Usage examples:

"that’s dancing!" contains an assortment of musical numbers from famous hollywood films.

noun

The action or process of classifying something.

Usage examples:

The classification of disease according to symptoms

noun

The spreading of something more widely.

Usage examples:

The rapid diffusion of ideas and technology

noun

(of gases and liquids) the process of spreading into a surrounding substance

noun

The process by which information, ideas, changes in behaviour, etc. spread through a group of people

Usage examples:

The research looks at factors influencing the diffusion of innovative products in consumer markets.

noun

Exemption from a rule or usual requirement.

Usage examples:

Although she was too young, she was given special dispensation to play before her birthday

noun

Special permission, especially from the church, to do something that is not usually allowed

Usage examples:

Special dispensation from the couple have requested (a) special dispensation from the church to all…

noun

The action or process of distributing or spreading things or people over a wide area.

Usage examples:

Dispersal of pollen by the wind

noun

The action of spreading across or moving away over a large area, or of making people or things do this

Usage examples:

We have seen the violent dispersal of crowds of protesters., the seeds are adapted to dispersal by …

noun

A person's inherent qualities of mind and character.

Usage examples:

Your sunny disposition has a way of rubbing off on those around you

noun

The action or fact of spreading something, especially information, widely.

Usage examples:

The dissemination of public information

noun

The act of spreading news, information, ideas, etc. to a lot of people

Usage examples:

The dissemination of information, anything that stands in the way of the dissemination of knowledge…

noun

A set of associated people acting together, especially within a larger organization.

Usage examples:

A grouping of trade union leaders

verb

Put in a group or groups.

Usage examples:

Three chairs were grouped around a table

noun

Several people or things when they have been arranged into a group or are being considered as a group

Usage examples:

Political groupings

noun

The action of supplying or distributing something, especially for official purposes.

Usage examples:

Construction cannot be commenced prior to the issuance of a building permit

noun

→  issue noun

Usage examples:

$715,000 was provided from the issuance of common stock., stock/bond issuance the firm plans to rai…

noun

→  issue noun

Usage examples:

$715,000 was provided from the issuance of common stock., stock/bond issuance the firm plans to rai…

noun

An important topic or problem for debate or discussion.

Usage examples:

The issue of racism

verb

Supply or distribute (something) for use or sale.

Usage examples:

Licences were issued indiscriminately to any company

noun

A subject or problem that people are thinking and talking about

Usage examples:

There continues to be a great deal of debate over the property tax issue., isn’t the need to hire m…

verb

Supply or distribute (something) for use or sale.

Usage examples:

Licences were issued indiscriminately to any company

noun

An important topic or problem for debate or discussion.

Usage examples:

The issue of racism

noun

The action of supplying or distributing an item for use, sale, or official purposes.

Usage examples:

The issue of notes by the bank of england

noun

A particular place or position.

Usage examples:

The property is set in a convenient location

noun

A particular place or position

Usage examples:

A good location for a bookstore, the map showed the location of an old mine., the documentary was f…

noun

The place or position that something is in or where something happens

Usage examples:

Come visit us at our new location!, an ideal/prime/suitable location (for sth) the strong economy a…

noun

An organized group of people with a particular purpose, such as a business or government department.

Usage examples:

A research organization

noun

The action of placing someone or something somewhere.

Usage examples:

The proper placement of microphones

noun

The act of placing something in a particular position, or the position of something

Usage examples:

The placement of the furniture makes it hard to walk around., a bunch of new freshmen (= students i…

noun

An occasion when a company's shares become available to buy, or the activity of doing this

Usage examples:

The company is raising £33m through the placement of new shares at 150p each to fund its european e…

noun

A place where someone or something is located or has been put.

Usage examples:

The distress call had given the ship's position

verb

Put or arrange (someone or something) in a particular place or way.

Usage examples:

He pulled out a chair and positioned it between them

noun

An act of scattering something.

Usage examples:

The colossal wastage involved in a random scattering

verb

Throw in various random directions.

Usage examples:

Scatter the coconut over the icing

noun

A small number or amount of things in a particular area

Usage examples:

A scattering of houses

verb

Open out (something) so as to extend its surface area, width, or length.

Usage examples:

I spread a towel on the sand and sat down

noun

The fact or process of spreading over an area.

Usage examples:

Warmer temperatures could help reduce the spread of the disease

verb

Distribute or disperse widely