distribution

  1. Noun.  An act of distributing or state of being distributed.
  2. Noun.  An apportionment by law (of funds, property).
  3. Noun.  (business, marketing) The process by which goods get to final consumers over a geographical market, including storing, selling, shipping and advertising.
  4. Noun.  The frequency of occurrence or extent of existence.
  5. Noun.  Anything distributed; portion; share.
  6. Noun.  The result of distributing; arrangement.
  7. Noun.  (mathematics, statistics) A probability distribution; the set of relative likelihoods that a variable will have a value in a given interval.
  8. Noun.  (computing) A set of bundled software components; distro.
  9. Noun.  (economics) The apportionment of income or wealth in a population.
  10. Noun.  (finance) The process or result of the sale of securities, especially their placement among investors with long-term investment strategies.

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