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DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

DISTRIBUTION (See also:
LAT
Lat. distribuere, to See also:
DEAL
deal out) , a See also:

TERM

term used in various connexions with the See also:

general meaning of spreading out. In See also:

law, the word is used for the See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the See also:

PERSONAL

personal See also:

ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate of an intestate among the next-of-See also:

KIN (0. E. cyn, a word represented in nearly all Teutonic languages, cf. Du. kunne, Dan. and Swed. kon, Goth kuni, tribe; the Teutonic base is kunya; the equivalent Aryan root gan- to beget, produce, is seen in Gr. 'yEvos, Lat. genus, cf. "kind")

kin (see See also:

INTESTACY (Lat. intestates, one who has not made a will, from testari, to, bear witness)

INTESTACY). The important scientific question as to the distribution of See also:

PLANTS

plants and animals on the See also:

earth is treated under PLANTS: Distribution, and ZOOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION. In See also:

ECONOMICS

economics the word is used generally for the transference of commodities from See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person to person or from See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place to place, or the dividing up of large quantities of commodities into smaller quantities; and in a more technical sense, for the division of the product of See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry amongst the various members or classes of the community. The theory of economic distribution, i.e. the causes which determine See also:

RENT

rent, See also:

WAGES (the plural of " wage," from Late Lat. wadium, a pledge, O. Fr. wagier, gagier)

wages, profits and See also:

INTEREST

interest, forms an important subject-See also:

MATTER

matter in all See also:

TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text-books. Among See also:

RECENT

recent See also:

WORKS

works, see E. Cannan's See also:

HISTORY

History of Theories of See also:

PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

Production and Distribution,1776-1848 (1893), J. R. See also:

COMMON

Common's Distribution of See also:

WEALTH

Wealth (1893), and H. J. See also:

Davenport's Value and Distribution (See also:

Chicago, 1908).

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