distributorship
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of distributorship
First recorded in 1815–25; distributor + -ship
Example Sentences
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Sime Darby Motors took on the distributorship for Malaysia in 2022 and currently has nine dealerships nationwide, with another 12 in the pipeline, the company said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 19, 2023
He later owned a beverage distributorship in Stockton, California, where he raised quarter horses and cattle.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2022
He began by peddling orange juice products with several partners in Southern California but soon bought them out and had the distributorship to himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2019
Epstein grew up in a Jewish family, went to Harvard, and now runs her family’s large oil distributorship with her sister.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2018
With a handshake, Durant gave Howard sole distributorship of Buick as well as GM’s new acquisitions, National and Oldsmobile, for all of the western United States.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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