Etymology

distributorship

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Today it means: A business specializing in the wholesale distribution of a particular class of goods Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English distributor
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  1. Englishdistributor
  2. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  3. English todaydistributorship

From distributor + -ship.

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