1. involving distribution: relating to or involving the handing out, sharing out, or scattering about of things
2. commerce involved with deliveries: relating to or involved in the delivery of merchandise
3. grammar referring to each member of group: referring to each member of a set or group individually and separately. "Each," "every," and "either" are examples of distributive words in English.
4. logic referring to individuals, not classes: referring to an individual member of a class, or to each member individually
5. mathematics producing equal results: describes a mathematical expression with two operators whose expansion produces the same results whether operated on as a whole or as a sum of the parts
noun (pluraldis·trib·u·tives)
Definition:
grammar distributive word: a word that refers to every member of a set or group individually and separately
