distributable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /dɪsˈtrɪbjətəbəl/ UK /dɪsˈtrɪbjʊtəbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
able to be shared out or apportioned among recipients

The fund's distributable income is paid to shareholders quarterly.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · able to be shared out or... apportionableallocable divisibleshareabledispensable

Opposites

indivisiblenondistributable

Word family

Related forms distribute distribution distributor distributee

Etymology

From distribute + -able; distribute from Latin distributus, past participle of distribuere ('to divide, deal out'), from dis- ('apart') + tribuere ('to assign, allot, grant').

distribuere Latin tribuere Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# distributable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /dɪsˈtrɪbjətəbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪsˈtrɪbjʊtəbəl/

## Meanings
1. able to be shared out or apportioned among recipients

## Examples
- The fund's distributable income is paid to shareholders quarterly.

## Synonyms
- apportionable
- allocable
- divisible
- shareable
- dispensable

## Antonyms
- indivisible
- nondistributable

## Related Forms
- distribute
- distribution
- distributor
- distributee

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: distribuere
- Root: tribuere

## Etymology
From distribute + -able; distribute from Latin distributus, past participle of distribuere ('to divide, deal out'), from dis- ('apart') + tribuere ('to assign, allot, grant').

## AI Etymology
Distributable is from distribute + -able; distribute from Latin distributus, past participle of distribuere ('to divide, deal out'), from dis- ('apart') + tribuere ('to assign, allot, grant'). The ancestry passes through Latin distribuere and Latin tribuere. The prefix dis- often marks separation, reversal, or negation in Latin and English formations, helping to explain the word's surface structure; the suffix -able forms an adjective of capability or suitability, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as an adjective, it means "able to be shared out or apportioned among recipients", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include distribute, distribution, distributor, and distributee.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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