overdistribution

noun

An excessive distribution (especially of money).

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Meanings

nounoverdistribution (countable and uncountable, plural overdistributions)

plural overdistributions

  1. countableuncountableAn excessive distribution (especially of money).

    But he said “that the amount that the partners owe on account of overdistribution of profits and tax advances is $8 million in the aggregate and it is irrespective of the solvency or insolvency of Coudert Brothers.”

    2007 February 9, Ellen Rosen, “The Complicated End of an Ex-Law Firm”, in New York Times

Origin

From over- + distribution.

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APA

overdistribution. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdistribution

MLA

“overdistribution.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdistribution. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overdistribution,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdistribution.

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