Distribute
(verb)
- To give out or deliver (something) to a number of people or places.
- To spread out or distribute (something) over an area or among a group of people.
- To divide and share out (something) among a number of recipients.
- To allocate or apportion (something) systematically.
Origin:
Late middle english: from latin distribut- "shared out, divided", from the verb distribuere, from dis- "in different directions" + tribuere "assign".
Examples:
- The company distributes the products to retailers.
- The charity distributes food to the homeless.
- He distributed the flyers among the people.
- She distributed the books among the students.
- The company distributed the profits among the shareholders.