undistributed
Britishadjective
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logic (of a term) referring only to some members of the class designated by the term, as doctors in some doctors are overworked
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commerce (of a profit) not paid in dividends to the shareholders of a company but retained to help finance its trading
Example Sentences
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In recent months, attorneys for the class members have returned to court to force the city to explain the reason for the undistributed funds.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2024
And the health-care industry and its advocates are now leaning harder than ever on HHS to release the undistributed funds.
From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2021
A year later, it instituted a tax on undistributed corporate profits, in theory giving businesses an incentive to disburse more earnings to workers.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 20, 2020
Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced said she wanted answers within 48 hours over the undistributed aid.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2020
In a negative mood, with one premiss particular, only two terms can be distributed, and the Minor cannot be one of them without leaving either the Middle or the Major undistributed.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
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