1. A part or portion belonging to, distributed to, contributed by, or owed by a person or group. 2. An equitable portion: do one's share of the work.3. Any of the equal parts into which the capital stock of a corporation or company is divided.
VERB:
Inflected forms: shared, shar·ing, shares
TRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To divide and parcel out in shares; apportion. 2. To participate in, use, enjoy, or experience jointly or in turns. 3. To relate (a secret or experience, for example) to another or others. 4. To accord a share in (something) to another or others: shared her chocolate bar with a friend.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To have a share or part: shared in the profits.2. To allow someone to use or enjoy something that one possesses: Being in daycare taught the child to share.3. To use or enjoy something jointly or in turns: There is only one computer, so we will have to share.
IDIOM:
go shares To be concerned or partake equally or jointly, as in a business venture.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English scearu, division. See sker-1 in Appendix I.
shâr
a·ble, shar
