(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
The ~ of things involves giving or delivering them to a number of people or places.
...the council which controls the ~ of foreign aid...
...emergency food ~.
N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp
2.
The ~ of something is how much of it there is in each place or at each time, or how much of it each person has.
...a more equitable ~ of wealth.
= spread
N-VAR: usu with supp