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View synonyms for moiety
moiety
[ moi-i-tee ]
noun
, plural moi·e·ties.
- a half.
- an indefinite portion, part, or share.
- Anthropology. one of two units into which a tribe or community is divided on the basis of unilineal descent.
moiety
/ ˈmɔɪɪtɪ /
noun
- a half
- one of two parts or divisions of something
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of moiety1
C15: from Old French moitié, from Latin mediētās middle, from medius
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Example Sentences
I frankly confess that from thenceforward I considered the second Moiety of the Reward as lost for ever.
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He paid the second moiety of the 2,000 on the 28th of July; on the same day the election committee was ballotted.
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You can take up half of what are on the bed out yonder, and you may carry them away with you, leaving a moiety to us.
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The altered tone of the miller's moiety corresponded very much with this supposition.
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In his extremity, he was rescued by La Cosa who had kept in hand a moiety of the shore party.
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