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moiety

[ moi-i-tee ]

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noun

, plural moi·e·ties.

a half.
an indefinite portion, part, or share.
Anthropology. one of two units into which a tribe or community is divided on the basis of unilineal descent.

moiety

/ ˈmɔɪɪtɪ /

noun

a half
one of two parts or divisions of something

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Word History and Origins

Origin of moiety¹

1400–50; late Middle English moite < Middle French < Latin medietāt- (stem of medietās ) the middle, equivalent to medi ( us ) mid + -etāt-, variant, after vowels, of -itāt- -ity

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Word History and Origins

Origin of moiety¹

C15: from Old French moitié, from Latin mediētās middle, from medius

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Example Sentences

I frankly confess that from thenceforward I considered the second Moiety of the Reward as lost for ever.

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He paid the second moiety of the 2,000 on the 28th of July; on the same day the election committee was ballotted.

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You can take up half of what are on the bed out yonder, and you may carry them away with you, leaving a moiety to us.

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The altered tone of the miller's moiety corresponded very much with this supposition.

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In his extremity, he was rescued by La Cosa who had kept in hand a moiety of the shore party.

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