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

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

So how do you divvy up the biggest spectacle in sports among three continental powers?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 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

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

That will create one more slice in an infield pie that is already being divvied between Rojas, Kiké Hernandez and Alex Freeland.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025

His vast empire, divvied between News Corp. and Fox Corp., allows his outlets to have different leanings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2025

Under the policy, the Osage reservation would be divvied up into 160-acre parcels, into real estate, with each tribal member receiving one allotment, while the rest of the territory would be opened to settlers.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

That can mean multiweek exclusive global runs for potential blockbusters like December’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash” or divvying up screens, as “Wicked: For Good” and “Zootopia 2” will do over Thanksgiving.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025

The second is that Central and Eastern European countries have a history of great powers divvying up their lands, first in 1938, in Munich with Adolf Hitler, and then in Yalta 1945, with Josef Stalin.

From Slate ● Feb. 20, 2025

“Joan,” a new play by Daniel Goldstein directed by David Ivers at South Coast Repertory, gives it a shot by divvying up the central role between two actors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2024

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

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2023

Velia snatched it up and started sorting it, divvying it up between herself and Delia.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

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