share
noun
[ ʃɛː ]
• a part or portion of a larger amount which is divided among a number of people, or to which a number of people contribute.
• "under the proposals, investors would pay a greater share of the annual fees required"
Similar:
portion,
part,
division,
bit,
quota,
allowance,
ration,
allocation,
allotment,
lot,
measure,
due,
percentage,
commission,
dividend,
stake,
interest,
equity,
helping,
serving,
cut,
whack,
slice,
piece/slice of the cake,
piece of the action,
rake-off,
divvy,
apportionment,
quantum,
moiety,
• one of the equal parts into which a company's capital is divided, entitling the holder to a proportion of the profits.
• "he's selling his shares in BT"
• an instance of posting or reposting something on a social media website or application.
• "there have been 25,000 shares on Twitter and 117 likes on Facebook as of 7:30 p.m."
share
verb
• have a portion of (something) with another or others.
• "he shared the pie with her"
Similar:
split,
divide,
go halves in/with,
go fifty-fifty in,
go Dutch,
Origin:
Old English scearu ‘division, part into which something may be divided’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schare and German Schar ‘troop, multitude’, also to shear. The verb dates from the late 16th century.
share
noun
• short for ploughshare.
