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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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Blackstone reported last week a 26% jump in distributable earnings, due in large part to AI investments.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Blackstone’s second-quarter distributable earnings rose 26% to $1.98 billion, driven by revenue from its investments in the AI build-out.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

The firm’s distributable earnings, a closely tracked metric for publicly traded investment firms that pay dividends, rose to $1.98 billion, or $1.52 a share.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

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

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 Thomas Jefferson Randolph

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