“share” – English explanatory dictionary

noun 1. a part of something that is divided between two or more people ○ Did he get his share of the prize? ○ Take your share of the cake and leave me the rest. ○ She should have paid her share of the food bill. ○ There’s a lot of work to do, so everyone must do their share. □ to have a share in to take part in, to have a part of ○ All the staff should have a share in decisions about the company’s future. ○ She has her share of the responsibility for the accident. 2. one of the many equal parts into which a company’s capital is divided ○ He bought 2000 shares in Marks and Spencer. ○ Shares fell on the London Stock Exchange. (NOTE: The usual US term is stock.) ■ verb 1. share, share out to divide up something among several people ○ Let’s share the bill. ○ In her will, her money was shared out among her sons. ○ They shared the pencils out amongst them. 2. to use something which someone else also uses ○ We share an office. ○ We shared a taxi to the airport.

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

n. [OE. share, AS. scearu, scaru, fr. sceran to shear, cut. See Shear, v.]
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.´ Dryden.
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. [Obs.] Holland. To go shares, to partake; to be equally concerned. — Share and share alike, in equal shares.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shared p. pr. & vb. n. Sharing.]
1. To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide. “Suppose I share my fortune equally between my children and a stranger.” Swift.
2. 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. “While avarice and rapine share the land.” Milton.
3. To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide. [Obs.] “The shared visage hangs on equal sides.” Dryden.

v. i. To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others. “A right of inheritance gave every one a title to share in the goods of his father.” Locke.