moiety

[ moi-i-tee ]

/ ˈmɔɪ ɪ ti /

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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.

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Origin of moiety

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

Words nearby moiety

mohua, mohur, mohwa, M.O.I., moidore, moiety, moil, Moira, Moirai, moire, moiré effect

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How to use moiety in a sentence

I frankly confess that from thenceforward I considered the second Moiety of the Reward as lost for ever.
Remarks on a Pamphlet Lately published by the Rev. Mr. Maskelyne,|John Harrison
He paid the second moiety of the 2,000 on the 28th of July; on the same day the election committee was ballotted.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
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.
Adrift on the Pacific|Edward S. Ellis
The altered tone of the miller's moiety corresponded very much with this supposition.
Peveril of the Peak|Sir Walter Scott

In his extremity, he was rescued by La Cosa who had kept in hand a moiety of the shore party.
South American Fights and Fighters|Cyrus Townsend Brady

British Dictionary definitions for moiety

moiety

/ (ˈmɔɪɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties archaic

a half

one of two parts or divisions of something

Word Origin for moiety

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

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moiety

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