Definition of distributor | Bee Dictionary of English

n someone who markets merchandise
n a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
n a company that markets merchandise
his company is a large distributor of software products
n electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence

Yet independent-distributor sites claim the juice helps everything from Alzheimer's disease to kidney stones.
More than 2 million Chinese farmers who sell to dairies and distributors are struggling to survive because the market has dried up.
Though the direct distributor is not paid for signing up these recruits, he does make additional money by selling Amway products at a slight mark up to the distributors under him.

Pop Rivet Distributor Bay Fastening Systems Encourages the Construction of Wooden Skyscrapers
Bay Fastening Systems, a full service distributor of engineered fastening systems, encourages builders and architects to consider the benefits of wooden skyscrapers following a report by The Star that details new developments in wooden construction materials. (PRWeb June 14, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/poprivets/06/prweb10812268.htm
June 14, 2013 - PRWeb
New Behringer Saws Distributor in Southern US Territory -- Capital Machine Technologies
Morgantown PA -- Capital Machine Technologies, one of the South's leading distributors of fabrication equipment and robotic welding machinery, is now an authorized distributor of Behringer Saws. For more than thirty years, Capital has represented a select group of world-class machine tool builders providing sales, support and service throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi ...
June 14, 2013 - ThomasNet
Littelfuse Recognizes Future Electronics as 2012 Volume Distributor of the Year
Littelfuse, Inc., the global leader in circuit protection, has named Future Electronics its Volume Distributor of the Year for 2012. Littelfuse presented the award to Future Electr
June 13, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

Peter Gelb in New York Times
He is a great entrepreneur and producer and it indicates to me that the administration wants to have somebody in this position who will be much more than simply a distributor of funds,said Peter Gelb, general manager of the Metropolitan...
Mike Knuble in USA Today
He's our puck thrower and distributor of the puck,Knuble explained about Richards. "We want to make sure the puck is in his hands as much as we can. He has great vision all over the ice. He is so responsibly defensively and at the same...
Jerry Colangelo in Dallas Morning News
Jason is a great candidate to be one of the 12 because he is a leader, he is the ultimate distributor at the point guard position, and he has great relationships with many of the guys who will be on this team,Colangelo said. "He's...