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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 followed by in ).
6.
to divide, apportion, or receive equally.
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Shares
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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
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 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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noun
a plowshare.
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share1 (ʃɛə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a part or portion of something owned, allotted to, or contributed by a person or group |
| 2. | (often plural) ordinary shares See also preference shares any of the equal parts, usually of low par value, into which the capital stock of a company is divided: ownership of shares carries the right to receive a proportion of the company's profits |
| 3. | informal go shares to share (something) with another or others |
| —vb (often foll by out) (when intr, | |
| 4. | to divide or apportion, esp equally |
| 5. | to receive or contribute a portion of: we can share the cost of the petrol; six people shared in the inheritance |
| 6. | to join with another or others in the use of (something): can I share your umbrella? |
| [Old English scearu; related to Old Norse skor amount, Old High German scara crowd; see | |
| 'sharable1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'shareable1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'sharer1 | |
| —n | |
| share2 (ʃɛə) | |
| —n | |
| short for ploughshare | |
| [Old English scear; related to Old Norse skeri, Old High German scaro] | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
share
"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
"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
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.
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Example sentences
Davenport's background also gives her an advantage that she shares with many good entrepreneurs: she is her own target customer.
It's an emotional revenge-oriented tantrum that shares certain characteristics with violent criminal behavior itself.
If the paper is good, you've found a colleague that shares your interests.
By shrinking the supply of shares in the market, the buy-back splurge played its own part in prolonging the bull market.
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