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share

1  [shair] noun, verb, shared, shar⋅ing.
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–noun
1. the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
2. one of the equal fractional parts into which the capital stock of a joint-stock company or a corporation is divided.
–verb (used with object)
3. to divide and distribute in shares; apportion.
4. to use, participate in, enjoy, receive, etc., jointly: The two chemists shared the Nobel prize.
–verb (used without object)
5. to have a share or part; take part (often fol. by in).
6. to divide, apportion, or receive equally.
—Idiom
7. on or upon shares, on the principle of sharing the profits or losses of an undertaking: They agreed to work on shares.
Origin:
1325–75; ME (n.) cutting, division; OE scearu fork of the body, groin; c. D schaar, G Schar troop. See shear

Related forms:
shar⋅a⋅ble, share⋅a⋅ble, adjective
sharer, noun

Synonyms:
1. allotment, allocation; contribution, assessment; quota, lot. 3. allot, parcel out, deal out, dole, mete. 5. Share, partake, participate mean to join with others or to receive in common with others. To share is to give or receive a part of something, or to enjoy or assume something in common: to share in another's experiences. To partake is to take for one's own personal use a portion of something: to partake of food. To participate is esp. to join with others in some thought, feeling, or, particularly, some action: to participate in a race, in a conversation.
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share

2  [shair]
–noun
a plowshare.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE scear; c. G Schar. See shear
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share 1   (shâr)   
n.  
  1. A part or portion belonging to, distributed to, contributed by, or owed by a person or group.
  2. An equitable portion: do one's share of the work.
  3. Any of the equal parts into which the capital stock of a corporation or company is divided.
v.   shared, shar·ing, shares

v.   tr.
  1. To divide and parcel out in shares; apportion.
  2. To participate in, use, enjoy, or experience jointly or in turns.
  3. To relate (a secret or experience, for example) to another or others.
  4. To accord a share in (something) to another or others: shared her chocolate bar with a friend.
v.   intr.
  1. To have a share or part: shared in the profits.
  2. To allow someone to use or enjoy something that one possesses: Being in daycare taught the child to share.
  3. To use or enjoy something jointly or in turns: There is only one computer, so we will have to share.

[Middle English, from Old English scearu, division; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.]
share'a·ble, shar'a·ble adj., shar'er n.
share 2   (shâr)   
n.  A plowshare.

[Middle English, from Old English scēar; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Share

Share\, n. [OE. schar, AS. scear; akin to OHG. scaro, G. schar, pflugshar, and E. shear, v. See Shear.]

1. The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.

2. The part which opens the ground for the reception of the seed, in a machine for sowing seed. --Knight.

Share

Share\, n. [OE. share, AS. scearu, scaru, fr. sceran to shear, cut. See Shear, v.]

1. A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence.

2. Especially, the part allotted or belonging to one, of any property or interest owned by a number; a portion among others; an apportioned lot; an allotment; a dividend. "My share of fame." --Dryden.

3. Hence, one of a certain number of equal portions into which any property or invested capital is divided; as, a ship owned in ten shares.

4. The pubes; the sharebone. [Obs.] --Holland.

To go shares, to partake; to be equally concerned.

Share and share alike, in equal shares.

Share

Share\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shared; p. pr. & vb. n. Sharing.]

1. To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide.

Suppose I share my fortune equally between my children and a stranger. --Swift.

2. To partake of, use, or experience, with others; to have a portion of; to take and possess in common; as, to share a shelter with another.

While avarice and rapine share the land. --Milton.

3. To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide. [Obs.]

The shared visage hangs on equal sides. --Dryden.

Share

Share\, v. i. To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others.

A right of inheritance gave every one a title to share in the goods of his father. --Locke.
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Language Translation for : share
Spanish: parte,
German: der Anteil,
Japanese: 分け前
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share  (n.1)
"portion," O.E. scearu "a cutting, shearing, division," related to sceran "to cut," from P.Gmc. *skaro- (cf. O.H.G. scara "troop, share of forced labor," Ger. Schar "troop, band," prop. "a part of an army," O.N. skör "rim"), from PIE base *sker- "to cut" (see shear). Meaning "part of the capital of a joint stock company" is first attested 1601. Shareholder first attested 1828. To share-crop is first recorded 1867.

share  (n.2)
"iron blade of a plow," O.E. scear, scær "plowshare," prop. "that which cuts," from P.Gmc. *skar- (cf. O.Fris. skere, M.L.G. schar, O.H.G. scar, Ger. Schar, Du. ploegschaar, M.H.G. pfluocschar), from PIE base *(s)ker- "to cut" (see shear).

share  (v.)
1586, to apportion to someone as his share," from share (n.1). Meaning "to divide one's own and give part to others" is recorded from 1592.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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share

  1. A single unit of a class of ownership in a corporation, represented by a stock certificate.
  2. A single unit of ownership in a mutual fund.
  3. The portion of a market controlled by a particular firm.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Main Entry: share
Function: noun
1 : a portion belonging to, due to, or due from an individual share of the damages>; specifically : the part allotted or belonging to one of a number owning together any property or interest share of a joint tenant> share passed to his widow>
2 a : any of the equal interests into which ownership of something (as a fund) is divided; specifically : any of the equal interests or rights into which the entire capital stock of a corporation is divided b : a certificate representing such a share
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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share

In addition to the idiom beginning with share, also see lion's share.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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