Crossword Dictionary
share
share, divvy up, portion out, apportion, deal - v
give out as one's portion or share
When you hungrily eye the pizzas your friends ordered, count everyone in the room, and then mentally divide the number of slices by the number of people, you're figuring out your share, or portion, of pizza.
Your share of something can be the part of the total that's due to you — your share of the piñata candy — or it can be the section of something you're responsible for, like doing your share of cleaning out the garage. When you use share as a verb, it means to give or distribute a portion of something. The word share and its meaning of dividing into pieces come from the Proto-Indo-European word sker, "to cut."
in a sentence
We share the domestic chores.
He wants a bigger share of the pie.
I gave him a minor share of my wealth.
- ABUNDANCE
- ADDITION
- AGGREGATE
- AGREE
- ALIMONY
- ALLOCATION
- ALLOTMENT
- ALLOWANCE
- ANNUITY
- APPROACH
- APPROXIMATE
- BADNEWS
- BATCH
- BEQUEST
- BOUNTY
- BUDGET
- BURDEN
- CALCULATION
- CAPACITY
- CARGO
- COMMISSION
- CONTRIBUTION
- CORRESPOND
- DAMAGE
- DIFFERENCE
- DISTANCE
- DISTRIBUTION
- DOSE
- EFFECT
- ENDOWMENT
- ENTIRETY
- ESSENCE
- EXPANSE
- EXPENDITURE
- EXPENSE
- EXTEND
- EXTENT
- FEE
- FELLOWSHIP
- GIFT
- HEAP
- HIT
- INCIDENCE
- INHERITANCE
- LARGENESS
- LEGACY
- MAGNITUDE
- MEASURE
- MEASUREMENT
- NUMERAL
- ODDMANOUT
- OODLES
- OPPOSE
- OUTPUT
- PAY
- PAYMENT
- PECK
- PENSION
- PLENTY
- PLETHORA
- PORTION
- PRICETAG
- PRODUCE
- PRODUCT
- PURPORT
- QUANTITY
- QUANTUM
- QUOTA
- RATIO
- RATION
- RECOMPENSE
- REMITTANCE
- RESERVE
- RIVAL
- SALARY
- SCADS
- SCHOLARSHIP
- SETBACK
- SIGNIFICANCE
- SLAT
- SLEW
- STINT
- STIPEND
- SUBSIDY
- SUBSTANCE
- SUPERABUNDANCE
- SUPPLY
- TALLY
- THRUST
- TON
- TRANSACTION
- UPSHOT
- USAGE
- WAD
- WAGE
- WORTH
- ZILLION