distributor

distributor
[[t]dɪstrɪ̱bjʊtə(r)[/t]]
distributors
1) N-COUNT: usu with supp A distributor is a company that supplies goods to shops or other businesses.

...Spain's largest distributor of petroleum products...

Bulmer is the UK distributor for Perrier and the Jamaican lager Red Stripe...

Theater owners lease films from film distributors.

2) N-COUNT: usu sing The distributor in a car or other motor vehicle is a device that sends electric current to the spark plugs in the engine.

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  • distributor — dis‧trib‧u‧tor [dɪˈstrɪbjtə ǁ ər] noun [countable] COMMERCE TRANSPORT a person or business responsible for making goods available to customers after they have been produced, either one that sells directly to the public or one that sells to shops …   Financial and business terms

  • distributor — index merchant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 distributor …   Law dictionary

  • distributor — distributor, ra. (Del lat. distribūtor, ōris). adj. p. us. distribuidor. U. t. c. s …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • distributor — distributor, ra (Del lat. distribūtor, ōris). adj. p. us. distribuidor. U. t. c. s.) …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • Distributor — Dis*trib u*tor, n. [L.] One that distributes; a distributer; specif.: (a) A machine for distributing type. (b) An appliance, as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink. (c) An apparatus for distributing an electric current, either to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • distributor — 1520s, distributer (Latinized form is from 1570s), agent noun from L. distribuere (see DISTRIBUTION (Cf. distribution)). As a part in an internal combustion engine, from 1905 …   Etymology dictionary

  • distributor — is spelt or in all its meanings, not er …   Modern English usage

  • distributor — [n] wholesaler dealer, jobber, merchandiser, middleperson, salesperson, trader; concept 347 …   New thesaurus

  • distributor — ► NOUN 1) an agent who supplies goods to retailers. 2) a device in a petrol engine for passing electric current to each spark plug in turn …   English terms dictionary

  • distributor — [di strib′yoot ər] n. a person or thing that distributes; specif., ☆ a) an agent or business firm that distributes goods to consumers or dealers ☆ b) a device for distributing electric current to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine so that they… …   English World dictionary

  • Distributor — This article is about the engine component. For other uses, see Distributor (disambiguation). Typical distributor with distributor cap Also visible are mounting/drive shaft (bottom), vacuum advance unit (right) and capacitor (centre) A… …   Wikipedia

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