Gives out or delivers to a number of recipients. Spreads or disperses something over an area or among a group of people.
From Latin distribuere meaning 'to divide among' (dis- 'apart' + tribuere 'to assign, grant'). The root tribuere comes from tribus 'tribe,' originally referring to dividing things among the three original Roman tribes. Entered English in the 15th century.
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