See Also: Share With You(money)
share(1)(dictionary)
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SHARE(law)
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Share(medicine)
Golden share(finance)

share(4) (iou)



share verb2. L16.
[from SHARE noun2.]
verb trans.
a. Divide and distribute in portions amongst a number of recipients; divide up between oneself and another or others; (of a number of people) take or have portions of (a thing), divide up (something) amongst themselves. Now usu. foll. by out. L16.
Household Words Part of this money shall be shared among us. R. P. Graves Edward..had failed to share out..1,000 which Thomas had left to be divided.
b. Give to (a person) as a due share. Also foll. by out. arch. L16.
c. Give away part of. Freq. foll. by with. L16.
C. Beaton When you give a dog a bone he does not..share it.
d. Divide into parts or sections. rare. L16.
verb trans.
a. Receive, possess, use, or occupy jointly with others. Formerly also (poet.), receive or possess (an allotted portion). L16.
E. Segal If we were..in Boston we could share an apartment. Listener First-time users will get..injections through shared needles.
b. Chemistry. Of an atom, orbital, etc.: hold (one or more electrons) in common with another atom or orbital, so as to form a covalent bond. Freq. as shared ppl adjective. E20.
verb trans. Participate in (an activity, opinion, feeling, etc.); experience in common with others; possess (a quality) in common with others. L16.
F. Weldon Boys and girls..shared lessons. D. M. Thomas We..shared a sense of the ridiculous.
verb intrans. Have a share; participate in; (rare) participate with (a person) in something. L16.
L. Steffens Foreign corporations came into the city to share in its despoliation.
b. Be equal with. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
verb trans. Give another or others a share in or of (something). Also foll. by with. M17.
D. Halberstam General Otis was not a man to share power.
verb intrans. & trans. spec. Of a member of the Oxford Group Movement: confess (one's sins) openly; declare or relate (one's spiritual experiences) to others in a group. Also foll. by with. M20.
Phrases: share and share (alike) make an equal division; have or receive an equal share. shared ownership a system by which the occupier of a dwelling buys a proportion of the property, and pays rent on the remainder, typically to a local authority or housing association. share from rare (Shakes.) gain at the expense of.
Comb.: share-out the action or an act of distributing in shares; that which is distributed; a portion or share of profits, interest, etc.; shareware Computing software available free of charge, and often distributed informally for evaluation, after which a fee is requested for continued use.
? See note s.v. SHARE verb1.
sharea'bility noun ability to be shared M20.
shareable adjective able to be shared E20.
sharedness noun the quality or fact of being shared; the quality or fact of experiencing or using in common: M20.