Distributive
adjective
Related to sharing, or dividing things out in a fair way.
The distributive share of the profits was equally divided among the partners.
Often appears as...
- distributive justice
- distributive share
adjective
In mathematics, the term 'distributive' describes an operation (like multiplication over addition) where numbers can be grouped differently and still achieve the same result.
In algebra, the distributive property is used to solve equations.
Often appears as...
- distributive property
- distributive law
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Describing a term used in grammar for words like 'each' or 'every' that refer to individual members of a group.
In the sentence 'Each student will receive a certificate', 'each' is a distributive pronoun.
Often appears as...
- distributive pronoun
- distributive adjective
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Related to sharing, or dividing things out in a fair way.
The distributive share of the profits was equally divided among the partners.
Often appears as...
- distributive justice
- distributive share
adjective
In mathematics, the term 'distributive' describes an operation (like multiplication over addition) where numbers can be grouped differently and still achieve the same result.
In algebra, the distributive property is used to solve equations.
Often appears as...
- distributive property
- distributive law
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Describing a term used in grammar for words like 'each' or 'every' that refer to individual members of a group.
In the sentence 'Each student will receive a certificate', 'each' is a distributive pronoun.
Often appears as...
- distributive pronoun
- distributive adjective
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Sharing Context
Use 'distributive' when talking about dividing things fairly among people.
The charity had a distributive role in the relief efforts.
Pro Tip 2/3Equitable Division
'Distributive' implies that something is given out evenly or justly.
Distributive methods were used to allocate the funds.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Usage
'Distributive' can be a legal term referring to estate division.
The distributive laws ensured each heir received their portion.
Compare with
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farmers and foresters are regenerating once-barren landscapes so that it teems with life again. But as well as being regenerative by design, our economies must be distributive by design, and we've got unprecedented opportunities for making that happen,
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Why can't you divide by...
That means zero times infinity plus zero times infinity should equal two. Now, by the distributive property, the left side of the equation can be rearranged to zero plus zero times infinity.
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A healthy economy should...
farmers and foresters are regenerating once-barren landscapes so that it teems with life again. But as well as being regenerative by design, our economies must be distributive by design, and we've got unprecedented opportunities for making that happen,
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Why can't you divide by...
That means zero times infinity plus zero times infinity should equal two. Now, by the distributive property, the left side of the equation can be rearranged to zero plus zero times infinity.
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Quote examples
Fernando Haddad
Brazilian Politician
Taken as a whole, the work of Marx, at the same times it shows the thesis of the growing pauperization of the non-propertied classes, relativizes it when contemplating the possibility that the class struggles result in distributive effects.
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Elizabeth Esty
American Politician
We've been having a lot of hearings lately about the reliability of the grid and the need for more distributive generation. We can be a leader of that here in Connecticut.
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Vincent McNabb
Irish Clergyman
What is superfluous to your poor estate, distribute. This is distributive charity: a virtue so sacred that crimes against it are the forerunner of inevitable doom.
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Friedrich August von Hayek
Austrian Economist
We must face the fact that the preservation of individual freedom is incompatible with a full satisfaction of our views of distributive justice.
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Abdoulaye Wade
Senegalese Statesman
Education for all seems to be the product of a type of distributive justice that is in no way related to the individual.
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Fernando Haddad
Brazilian Politician
Taken as a whole, the work of Marx, at the same times it shows the thesis of the growing pauperization of the non-propertied classes, relativizes it when contemplating the possibility that the class struggles result in distributive effects.
Quote examples
Elizabeth Esty
American Politician
We've been having a lot of hearings lately about the reliability of the grid and the need for more distributive generation. We can be a leader of that here in Connecticut.
Quote examples
Vincent McNabb
Irish Clergyman
What is superfluous to your poor estate, distribute. This is distributive charity: a virtue so sacred that crimes against it are the forerunner of inevitable doom.
Quote examples
Friedrich August von Hayek
Austrian Economist
We must face the fact that the preservation of individual freedom is incompatible with a full satisfaction of our views of distributive justice.
Quote examples
Abdoulaye Wade
Senegalese Statesman
Education for all seems to be the product of a type of distributive justice that is in no way related to the individual.
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