divvy

American  

[div-ee] / ˈdɪv i /

verb (used with or without object)

divvied, divvying

1. to divide; distribute (often followed byup ).

   The thieves divvied up the loot.

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noun

• divvies
  plural

1. a distribution or sharing.

divvy ¹ British  

/ ˈdɪvɪ /

noun

1. short for dividend, esp (formerly) one paid by a cooperative society

2. a share; portion

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verb

1. to divide and share

divvy ² British  

/ ˈdɪvɪ /

noun

1. dialect a stupid or foolish person

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• divvies
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of divvy

1870–75; div(ide) or div(idend) + -y ²

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Explanation

To divvy something is to split it up between two or more people. You might divvy up a pizza among four friends, giving everyone two slices. If you and a friend have a lemonade stand, you'll divvy up the proceeds at the end of the day, sharing the money. You can also divvy other things: "Let's divvy this painting job — you do the trim, and I'll paint the walls." As a noun, a divvy is a share or a part of something — the word, from American English, is a shortened version of dividend, a divided payment, from the Latin dividendum, "thing to be divided."

Example Sentences

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“I propose a new, audacious, and perhaps desperate strategy: a ‘jailbreak,’ ” it wrote to two others, proceeding to divvy up research tasks.

From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026

After Sol’s business partner died of a heart attack while sitting at his Chrysler Building desk, he and his partner’s son flipped coins to divvy up envelopes with dozens of properties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

FIFA’s prize money goes directly to national football federations, but each federation has the discretion to divvy up the funds however it wants, according to FIFA’s official governing documents.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026

“The only way around it is for the states to agree how to divvy up the river in an equitable way.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026

Auntie Fatima was right: Goodies rock, especially because the winning team got to divvy up and take the leftovers home.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

It could be one of the defining moments between now and the next general election, as the government divvies up spending for the health service, defence, schools, the police, prisons, courts and much else.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2025

The $1.5 billion offer price, which divvies out to about $14 per share, represents a 45% premium to WalkMe’s Tuesday closing share price.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024

The pro rata model, which is used by industry heavyweights like Spotify and Apple Music, pools all subscription money and divvies it up based on total streams across the platform.

From The Verge ● Jul. 21, 2022

Congress divvies up the federal government into 12 pieces for purposes of determining annual spending levels.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 22, 2022

Some poor divvies he'll bully-rag into swearin' lies an' others he'll buy.

From The Big-Town Round-Up by William MacLeod Raine

They’ve researched history and the law, war-gamed what-ifs, divvied up responsibilities and drafted emergency lawsuits and temporary restraining orders so they can be hurried into court at a moment’s notice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

And Standard Oil’s progeny formed the core of the “Seven Sisters” oil majors that divvied up among themselves the Middle East’s resources until the 1970s.

From Barron's ● May 7, 2026

Sixty-four teams are divvied up into eight divisions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025

The issue, according to various groups: The way the pie is divvied up may have changed, but the pie itself hasn’t really grown.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023

He hacked at the fish and divvied it up.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin

But too often when thinking of reciprocity, we think of like for like, or divvying up expenses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

Those teams haggle over international marketing rights like postwar leaders divvying up a continent.

From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2024

They banged on maps of Africa, as if divvying up the continent to their liking.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2023

Establishing a rotation and divvying minutes were the least of Cronin’s concerns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2023

One less canoe meant divvying up the cargo and redistributing the weight across the remaining canoes.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

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