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distributive
OXFORD DICTIONARY
distributive, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of, concerned with, or produced by distribution.
2 Logic & Gram. (of a pronoun etc.) referring to each individual of a class, not to the class collectively (e.g. each, either).
--n. Gram. a distributive word.
--adj.
1 of, concerned with, or produced by distribution.
2 Logic & Gram. (of a pronoun etc.) referring to each individual of a class, not to the class collectively (e.g. each, either).
--n. Gram. a distributive word.
Derivative
distributively adv.
Etymology
ME f. F distributif -ive or LL distributivus (as DISTRIBUTE)
THESAURUS
distributive
attenuative, diffractional, diffractive, diffusive, dispersive, disseminative, dissipative, distributional, equal, even stephen, fifty-fifty, half, half-and-half, halvers, particular, per capita, per head, pro rata, proportional, proportionate, prorated, respective, scattering, several, spreadingFor further exploring for "distributive" in Webster Dictionary Online