Lexic.us

Definition of Share

1. Noun. Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group. "He wanted his share in cash"

2. Verb. Have in common. "The two countries share a long border"

3. 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"

4. Verb. Use jointly or in common.

5. Noun. The allotment of some amount by dividing something. "Death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"

6. Verb. Have, give, or receive a share of. "We shared the cake"

7. Noun. The part played by a person in bringing about a result. "They all did their share of the work"

8. Verb. Give out as one's portion or share.

9. Noun. A sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil.

10. Verb. Communicate. "I'd like to share this idea with you"

Definition of Share

1. n. The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.

2. n. A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence.

3. v. t. To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide.

4. v. i. To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others.

Definition of Share

1. Noun. A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone. ¹

2. Noun. (finance) A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability. ¹

3. Noun. (computing) A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network. ¹

4. Verb. To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume. ¹

5. Verb. To have in common. ¹

6. Verb. To divide and distribute. ¹

7. Verb. To tell to another. ¹

8. Noun. (agriculture) The cutting blade of an agricultural machine like a plough, a cultivator or a seeding-machine. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Share

1. to have, get, or use in common with another or others [v SHARED, SHARING, SHARES] : SHARABLE [adj]

Medical Definition of Share

1. 1. The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare. 2. The part which opens the ground for the reception of the seed, in a machine for sowing seed. Origin: OE. Schar, AS. Scear; akin to OHG. Scaro, G. Schar, pflugshar, and E. Shear, v. See Shear. 1. A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence. 2. 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. "My share of fame." 3. 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. 4. The pubes; the sharebone. To go shares, to partake; to be equally concerned. Share and share alike, in equal shares. Origin: OE. Share, AS. Scearu, scaru, fr. Sceran to shear, cut. See Shear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Share

sharability sharable sharaga sharagas sharara shararas sharashka sharashkas shard sharded

sharding shardings shardlike shards shardy share (current term) share-in-savings share-out share dilution share dilutions

share out shareabilities shareability shareable sharebeam sharebeams sharebones sharebroker sharebrokers

Literary usage of Share

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Oecd Economic Surveys: Mexico (2005)
"Market share of Mexico and China in US imports for selected products ^^_ Mexican market share, right scale • • • • Chinese market share, right scale I share ..."

2. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"... trusting with my share of the work." Before I could answer, she added in a whisper, " And worth trusting with my share in the risk and the danger too. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... members and must be returned to them upon retirement or expulsion, it is altogether different from a fixed capital stock and is called "share capital. ..."

4. The Call of the Wild by Jack London (1903)
"... belief of each that he did more than his share of the work, and neither forbore to ... share ..."

5. History of Alaska: 1730-1885 by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Alfred Bates, Ivan Petroff, William Nemos (1886)
"IN the great seizure and partition of America by European powers there was no reason why Russia should not have a share. She was mistress in the east and ..."

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