Share

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

Share, n. [OE. schar, AS. scear; akin to OHG. scaro, G. schar, pflugshar, and E. shear, v. See Shear.].

•  The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.  [1913 Webster]
•  The part which opens the ground for the reception of the seed, in a machine for sowing seed.  Knight.  [1913 Webster]

Share, n. [OE. share, AS. scearu, scaru, fr. sceran to shear, cut. See Shear, v.].

•  A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  Dryden.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  The pubes; the sharebone.  Holland.  [1913 Webster]

To go shares, to partake; to be equally concerned. -- Share and share alike, in equal shares.

Share, v. t. 

•  To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide.  [1913 Webster]

  "Suppose I share my fortune equally between my children and a stranger."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "While avarice and rapine share the land."  [1913 Webster]
•  To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.  [1913 Webster]

  "The shared visage hangs on equal sides."  [1913 Webster]

Share, v. i. 

 To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others.  [1913 Webster]
"A right of inheritance gave every one a title to share in the goods of his father."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Share, n. & v.
--n.
1 a portion that a person receives from or gives to a common amount.
2 a a part contributed by an individual to an enterprise or commitment. b a part received by an individual from this (got a large share of the credit).
3 part-proprietorship of property held by joint owners, esp. any of the equal parts into which a company's capital is divided entitling its owner to a proportion of the profits.
--v.
1 tr. get or have or give a share of.
2 tr. use or benefit from jointly with others.
3 intr. have a share; be a sharer (shall I share with you?).
4 intr. (foll. by in) participate.
5 tr. (often foll. by out) a divide and distribute. b give away part of.

Idiom

share and share alike make an equal division. share-farmer Austral. & NZ a tenant farmer who receives a share of the profits from the owner.

Derivative

shareable adj. (also sharable). sharer n.

Share, n. = PLOUGHSHARE.

Etymology

OE scear, sc{aelig}r f. Gmc

THESAURUS

Share

adjunct, allocate, allocation, allot, allotment, allowance, apportion, apportionment, appropriate, appropriation, assign, be affected, be in tune, be inspired, be involved, be moved, be partners in, big end, bigger half, bit, bite, block, board lot, broadcast, budget, care about, carve, carve up, catch the flame, catch the infection, change color, chunk, claim, color with emotion, commission, communicate, component, contingent, convey, cooperate, cross section, cut, cut up, deal, deal out, destiny, detachment, detail, dig, dispensation, dispense, disseminate, divide, divide into shares, divide up, divide with, dividend, division, divvy, divvy up, divvy up with, dole, dole out, due, dummy share, echo, empathize with, end, equal share, equity, even lot, experience, fate, fraction, fractional lot, full lot, get across, get over, give, give out, give word, go even stephen, go fifty-fifty, go halvers, go halves, go shares, half, halve, halver, hand on, helping, holding, holdings, identify with, impart, installment, interest, item, leave word, lot, make known, measure, meed, mess, mete out, modicum, moiety, odd lot, parcel, part, partake, participate, particular, partition, pass, pass along, pass on, pay out, percentage, piece, portion, preference share, proportion, prorate, quadrant, quantum, quarter, quota, quotient, quotum, rake-off, random sample, ration, react, relate to emotionally, remainder, render, report, respond, round lot, sample, sampling, section, sector, segment, send, send word, serving, share in, share out, share with, shift, signal, slice, slice the pie, slice up, small share, split, split the difference, split up, stake, stock, stockholding, stockholdings, subdivision, subgroup, subspecies, sympathize with, tell, transfer, transmit

ROGET THESAURUS

Share

Part

N part, portion, dose, item, particular, aught, any, division, ward, subdivision, section, chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse, article, passage, sector, segment, fraction, fragment, cantle, frustum, detachment, parcel, piece, lump, bit cut, cutting, chip, chunk, collop, slice, scale, lamina, small part, morsel, particle, installment, dividend, share, debris, odds and ends, oddments, detritus, excerpta, member, limb, lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch, bough, joint, link, offshoot, ramification, twig, bush, spray, sprig, runner, leaf, leaflet, stump, component part, sarmentum, compartment, department, county, fractional, fragmentary, sectional, aliquot, divided, in compartments, multifid, disconnected, partial, partly, in part, partially, piecemeal, part by part, by by installments, by snatches, by inches, by driblets, bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by drop, in detail, in lots.

Participation

VB participate, partake, share, share in, come in for a share, go shares, go snacks, go halves, share and share alike, have in common, possess in common, be seized in common, have as joint tenants, possess as joint tenants, be seized as joint tenants, join in, have a hand in.

Apportionment

N apportionment, allotment, consignment, assignment, appointment, appropriation, dispensation, distribution, division, deal, repartition, partition, administration, dividend, portion, contingent, share, allotment, fair share, allocation, lot, measure, dose, dole, meed, pittance, quantum, ration, ratio, proportion, quota, modicum, mess, allowance, suerte, apportioning, respective, respectively, each to each.

VB apportion, divide, distribute, administer, dispense, billet, allot, detail, cast, share, mete, portion out, parcel out, dole out, deal, carve, allocate, ration, ration out, assign, separate, partition, assign, appropriate, appoint, come in for one's share.

Securities

N securities, stocks, common stock, preferred stock, bonds, puts, calls, options, option contract, warrants, commercial paper, bearer bond, tax-exempt bond, callable bond, convertable bond, share, stock certificate, coupon, bond coupon, liquid assets.