Added 9 October 2026
share
/ʃɛə/ noun
In Latin: pars, portiō Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about share at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group.
he wanted his share in cash
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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
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The allotment of some amount by dividing something.
death gets more than its share of attention from theologians
verb
Origin
From Middle English schare, schere, from Old English sċearu (“a cutting, shaving, a shearing, tonsure, part, division, share”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaru, from Proto-Germanic *skarō (“a division, detachment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut, divide”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian skar, sker (“a share in a communal pasture”), Dutch schare (“share in property”), German Schar (“band, troop, party, company”), Icelandic skor (“department”). Compare shard, shear. Doublet of eschel.
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