distributor
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It's great that you've got something amazing to sell, but without a distributor you're not going to be able to get it to the people who want to buy it. To distribute it, you need a distributor.
A dealer at a card table is as much a distributor as is the Coca-Cola Bottling Company. Both of them share the job of getting their product into the hands of the folks who want it. Whether you're handing out a dozen flyers on the street or shipping a million books to shoppers nationwide, you're a distributor. In the world of electrical engineering, a distributor is a device that sends an electrical current from one contact to another. It distributes the electricity, just like that dealer dealing cards.
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a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
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someone who markets merchandise
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synonyms:
distributer
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jobber, middleman, wholesaler
someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
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retail merchant, retailer
a merchant who sells goods at retail
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ship chandler
a dealer in equipment and supplies for ships
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wool stapler
a dealer in wool
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chandler
a retail dealer in provisions and supplies
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licensee
someone to whom a license is granted
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meat packer, packer
a wholesaler in the meat-packing business
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a company that markets merchandise“his company is a large distributor of software products”
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direct mailer
a distributor who uses direct mail to sell merchandise
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retail chain
a chain of retail stores
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company
an institution created to conduct business
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direct mailer
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electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence
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synonyms:
distributer, electrical distributor
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type of:
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electrical device
a device that produces or is powered by electricity
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electrical device
/dəˈstrɪbjədər/
/dɪˈstrɪbjutə/
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