Share
[ʃeə] or [ʃɛr]
Definition
(noun.) assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; 'he wanted his share in cash'.
(noun.) any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate; 'he bought 100 shares of IBM at the market price'.
(verb.) communicate; 'I'd like to share this idea with you'.
(verb.) give out as one's portion or share.
(verb.) use jointly or in common.
(verb.) have in common; 'Our children share a love of music'; 'The two countries share a long border'.
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Definition
(n.) The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.
(n.) The part which opens the ground for the reception of the seed, in a machine for sowing seed.
(v.) A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence.
(v.) Especially, the part allotted or belonging to one, of any property or interest owned by a number; a portion among others; an apportioned lot; an allotment; a dividend.
(v.) Hence, one of a certain number of equal portions into which any property or invested capital is divided; as, a ship owned in ten shares.
(v.) The pubes; the sharebone.
(v. t.) To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide.
(v. t.) To partake of, use, or experience, with others; to have a portion of; to take and possess in common; as, to share a shelter with another.
(v. t.) To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.
(v. i.) To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Divide, distribute, apportion, parcel out.[2]. Partake, participate in, have a portion of.
v. n. Participate, have part, have a portion, go snacks.
n. [1]. Part, portion, interest, allotment, apportionment, contingent, dividend, quota.[2]. Ploughshare.
Edited by Allison
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Divide, distribute, portion_out,[See DIVIDE]
SYN:Portion, apportionment, lot, division, participation, allowance, quota,contingent, allotment
ANT:Whole, mass, aggregate, entirety
Typist: Vance
Definition
n. a part cut off: a portion: dividend: one of a number of equal portions of anything: a fixed and indivisible section of the capital of a company.—v.t. to divide into parts: to partake with others.—v.i. to have a part: to receive a dividend.—ns. Share′-brok′er a broker or dealer in shares of railways &c.; Share′holder one who holds or owns a share in a joint fund or property; Share′-list a list of the prices of shares of railways banks &c.; Shār′er.—Share and share alike in equal shares.—Deferred shares (see Defer); Go shares to divide equally; Ordinary shares shares forming the common stock of a company.
n. the iron blade of a plough which cuts the ground.—v.t. to cut cleave.—n. Share′-beam the part of the plough to which the share is fixed.
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Examples
- While there's a handful of fire or a mouthful of bed in this present roof, you're fully welcome to your share on it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Why, yes, he said, to that extent the people do share. Plato. The Republic.
- I thank you for my share of the favour, said Elizabeth; but I do not particularly like your way of getting husbands. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- That at least we may share in common. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- I share this horror when certain socialists begin to propound their schemes. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- In the present state of Europe, the share of the landlord seldom exceeds a third, sometimes not a fourth part of the whole produce of the land. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I am sure you had no share in it, or in the cruel suspicions of Mr. Osborne, which are the hardest of all our griefs to bear. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- As is well known to the wise in their generation, traffic in Shares is the one thing to have to do with in this world. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And the first six months passed away pretty easily, old Sedley still keeping up with the notion that his shares must rise and that all would be well. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In other cases, he really shares or participates in the common activity. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The Oliver has made many friends for itself by its fine alignment and visible writing, and shares with the other standard machines a considerable patronage. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A broker desiring to buy shares of a certain stock will go to the part allotted to that stock and call out its name with the number of shares wished and the price he will pay. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- One factory in Birmingham, England, is said to produce about twelve hundred weekly, and Belgium shares in their manufacture. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is so difficult to make shares at all even. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- For it was an opportunity that would have to be shared. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The air they claimed too, shared it up, parcelled it out to certain owners, they trespassed in the air to fight for it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But in a shared activity, each person refers what he is doing to what the other is doing and vice-versa. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The room I shared with the lieutenant Rinaldi looked out on the courtyard. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He shared it, however, in a silence even greater than her own. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- For a time they shared a common dread of French conquest and dominion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Her son shared this feeling. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Her honest ostentatious nature made the sharing of a merited dishonor as bitter as it could be to any mortal. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Besides, I choose to please myself by sharing an idea that at this moment beams in your mother's eye while she looks at you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In short, we want to cheer your daughter, and to give her the opportunity of sharing such pleasures as we are a going to take ourselves. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Sharing in actual pursuit, whether directly or vicariously in play, is at least personal and vital. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He had already narrated the adventure which had brought about Fred's sharing in his work, but had kept back the further result. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The events in question occurred in the early days of my association with Holmes, when we were sharing rooms as bachelors in Baker Street. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- From the pressure of Holmes's shoulder against mine, I knew that he was sharing my observations. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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