distribution

distribution definition - business

distribution

  1. See public offering.
  2. An investment company payment to its shareholders of capital gains realized from the sale of securities. Investment company shareholders, not the investment company, pay taxes on a distribution.
  3. Dispensing assets to beneficiaries according to the terms of a will.

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