Word Meaning

Meaning of "distributive" and the crossword clue

- Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share.
- Assigning the species of a general term.
- Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively; as, a distributive adjective or pronoun, such as each, either, every; a distributive numeral, as (Latin) bini (two by two).
- A distributive adjective or pronoun; also, a distributive numeral.