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What Is The Origin Of The Word "Share"?
Remember when we were kids in the cafeteria and all we shared were Lunchables and the answers to that first period math quiz? Now kids share just about anything just for a “like” on Instagram. So, where did this word come from?
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Idioms about share
on / upon shares, on the principle of sharing the profits or losses of an undertaking: They agreed to work on shares.
Origin of share
11325–75; Middle English (noun) “cutting, division”; Old English scearu “fork of the body, groin”; cognate with Dutch schaar, German Schar “troop.” See shear
synonym study for share
7. Share, partake, participate mean to join with others or to receive in common with others. To share is to give or receive a part of something, or to enjoy or assume something in common: to share in another's experiences. To partake is to take for one's own personal use a portion of something: to partake of food. To participate is especially to join with others in some thought, feeling, or, particularly, some action: to participate in a race, in a conversation.
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Other definitions for share (2 of 2)
share2
[ shair ]
/ ʃɛər /
noun
a plowshare.
Origin of share
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British Dictionary definitions for share (1 of 2)
share1
/ (ʃɛə) /
noun
a part or portion of something owned, allotted to, or contributed by a person or group
(often plural) any of the equal parts, usually of low par value, into which the capital stock of a company is divided: ownership of shares carries the right to receive a proportion of the company's profitsSee also ordinary shares, preference shares
go shares informal to share (something) with another or others
verb
(tr often foll by out) to divide or apportion, esp equally
(when intr, often foll by in) to receive or contribute a portion ofwe can share the cost of the petrol; six people shared in the inheritance
to join with another or others in the use of (something)can I share your umbrella?
Derived forms of share
sharable or shareable, adjectivesharer, nounWord Origin for share
Old English scearu; related to Old Norse skor amount, Old High German scara crowd; see shear
British Dictionary definitions for share (2 of 2)
Word Origin for share
Old English scear; related to Old Norse skeri, Old High German scaro
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