Definition of distributive

• a. - Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share.
• a. - Assigning the species of a general term.
• a. - Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively; as, a distributive adjective or pronoun, such as each, either, every; a distributive numeral, as (Latin) bini (two by two).
• n. - A distributive adjective or pronoun; also, a distributive numeral.