Share

/ʃɛə/ · noun

Meaning

A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone..

Definitions by Sense

1. A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.
2. (finance) A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.
3. (computing) A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network.
4. (social media) The action of sharing something with other people via social media.
5. (anatomy) The sharebone or pubis.
6. To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.
7. To have or use in common.
8. To divide and distribute.

Example Sentences

Each of the robbers took a share of the loot.

The TV programme was cancelled because it only gained a 10% share of that night's viewing audience.

SWR has more than its fair share of major national events. As well as the [Queen's] funeral and the coronation in the past 12 months, annual events include racing at Ascot, grand slam tennis at Wimbledon, and rugby internationals at Twickenham.

Upload media from the browser or directly to the file share.

Social media is supervisual, and there's nothing more shareable than images, so this is a way to increase shares and likes and follows.

1606: translation by Philemon Holland of Suetonius, De vita Cæsarum [Domitian 17] — [H]ee stabbed him beneth in the very share neere unto his privie parts.

to share a shelter with another

They share a language.

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• shares
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