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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
share1       [shair] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, shared, shar·ing.
–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 1       (shâr)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
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shared

adjective
1. have in common; held or experienced in common; "two shared valence electrons forming a bond between adjacent nuclei"; "a shared interest in philately" [ant: unshared] 
2. distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose [syn: divided] 

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