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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.
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Shared
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
verb (used without object)
Idiom5.
to have a share or part; take part (often followed by in).
6.
to divide, apportion, or receive equally.
7.
on/upon shares, on the principle of sharing the profits or losses of an undertaking: They agreed to work on shares.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English (noun) cutting, division; Old English scearu fork of the body, groin; cognate with Dutch schaar, German Schar troop. See shear
1325–75; Middle English (noun) cutting, division; Old English scearu fork of the body, groin; cognate with Dutch schaar, German Schar troop. See shear
Related forms
shar·a·ble, share·a·ble, adjective
shar·er, noun
half-shared, adjective
non·shar·ing, adjective, noun
un·shar·a·ble, adjective
EXPANDSynonyms
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 especially to join with others in some thought, feeling, or, particularly, some action: to participate in a race, in a conversation.
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 especially 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
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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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