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distributable

American  
[di-strib-yuht-uh-buhl] / dɪˈstrɪb jət ə bəl /

adjective

  1. able to be distributed; available for distribution.

  2. Finance. remaining after tax has been paid on the gross amount of income, especially in corporate contexts.


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Talk to your accountant or tax attorney about the rules for distributable net income to ensure that the $300,000 is distributed to your beneficiaries and taxed on their personal returns.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

Analysts polled by FactSet had expected distributable earnings of $285.6 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Blue Owl Capital’s OWL 0.23%increase; green up pointing triangle first-quarter distributable earnings climbed as the asset manager logged higher revenue and grew its assets under management.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

The fund’s popularity is due in large part to its appealing goal: To generate “monthly distributable income and equity market exposure with less volatility,” according to its website.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Let them melt up their eagles, and add the mass to the distributable fund, that their descendants may have no temptation to hang them in their button-holes.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

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