What is a distributive numeral?

Definition
	A distributive numeral is a numeral which expresses a group of the number specified.

Examples (English)
	By the dozen In pairs

Generic
	A distributive numeral is a kind of
	What is a numeral?

Source
	Pei and Gaynor 1954 59

Concept module: distributive numeral
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