shard
shard

share


Definition: Meaning of, share in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ʃɛː /

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share shared shared
Present Participle Third Person Singular
sharing shares
  1. use together [intransitive and transitive] to have or use something with other people
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  2. let somebody use something [transitive] to let someone have or use something that belongs to you
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  3. divide [transitive] also share out to divide something between two or more people
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  4. responsibility/blame [transitive] to have equal responsibility for doing something, paying for something etc
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  5. same [transitive] to have the same opinion, quality, or experience as someone else
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  6. tell somebody something [intransitive and transitive] to tell other people about an idea, secret, problem etc
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  7. share your life with somebody if you share your life with someone, you spend your life together with them as their husband, wife etc
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  8. share and share alike spoken used to say that you should share things fairly and equally between everyone
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share shares
  1. in a company [countable] one of the equal parts into which the OWNERSHIP of a company is divided
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  2. part of something [singular] the part of something that you own or are responsible for
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  3. your (fair) share if you have had your share of something, for example problems, success, or adventure, a lot of it has happened to you
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  4. your (fair) share your share of something is the amount that you deserve to have
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  5. share in something your part in an activity, event etc
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  6. house/flat share British English when people live together in the same house or flat and pay the rent together
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share used in phrases

  • FT 100 Share Index, the
    1. the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index a number that shows whether SHARE s in companies on the London STOCK EXCHANGE have generally risen or fallen in value on a particular day. The number is based on the SHARE prices of 100 large and important companies.
  • earning per share (noun)
    1. the portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock
  • earnings per share (noun)
    1. the portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock
  • lion's share (noun)
    1. the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part
  • market share (noun)
    1. the PERCENTAGE of sales in a MARKET that a company or product has
  • share index (noun)
    1. an official and public list of SHARE prices
  • share-cropper (noun)
    1. a poor farmer who uses someone else's land, and gives the owner part of the crop in return
  • share-out (noun)
    1. when something, especially money or property, is divided between two or more people, or the amount each person receives when it is divided
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