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Distribution

The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution of an estate among heirs or children.

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Broader term 7

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Arrangement 76% connected

The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

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Commerce 76% connected

The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp. the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; exten…

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Commercialism 76% connected

The commercial spirit or method.

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Deed 76% connected

Dead.

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Organization 76% connected

The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.

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System 76% connected

An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects…

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Narrower term 18

Allocation 76% connected

The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement.

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Allotment 76% connected

The act of allotting; assignment.

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Apportionment 76% connected

The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just…

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Assignation 76% connected

The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.

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Assigning 76% connected

of Assign

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Assignment 76% connected

An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.

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Deal 76% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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Diffusion 76% connected

The act of diffusing, or the state of being diffused; a spreading; extension; dissemination; circulation; dispersion.

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Dispensation 76% connected

The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically, of the acts a…

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Dissemination 76% connected

The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas…

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Innervation 76% connected

The act of innerving or stimulating.

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Parceling 76% connected

of Parcel

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Parcelling 76% connected

of Parcel

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Sample 76% connected

Example; pattern.

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Scatter 76% connected

To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order.

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Sharing 76% connected

of Share

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Spread 76% connected

of Spread

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Derivationally related 6

Dispense 74% connected

To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispens…

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Dispense 74% connected

To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispens…

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Distribute 74% connected

To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.

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Distribute 74% connected

To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.

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Spread 74% connected

of Spread

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Spread 74% connected

of Spread

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Containing whole 1

Marketing 70% connected

of Market

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Synonym 1

Dispersion 92% connected

The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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