divvy

C2+ Topic:Money & Finance

US /ˈdɪvi/ UK /ˈdɪvi/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to divide and share out, especially money or spoils

They agreed to divvy up the prize money evenly among the team.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to divide and share out,... divide share split apportion distribute allot parcel

Opposites

combine pool merge

Word family

Related forms dividend divide division

Etymology

Late 19th-century colloquial alteration and shortening of dividend (or divide), with the familiar -y ending.

dividend English

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Topics

Money & Finance Word Formation & Derivatives

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# divvy

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈdɪvi/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdɪvi/

## Meanings
1. to divide and share out, especially money or spoils

## Examples
- They agreed to divvy up the prize money evenly among the team.

## Synonyms
- divide
- share
- split
- apportion
- distribute
- allot
- parcel

## Antonyms
- combine
- pool
- merge

## Related Forms
- dividend
- divide
- division

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dividend

## Etymology
Late 19th-century colloquial alteration and shortening of dividend (or divide), with the familiar -y ending.

## AI Etymology
Divvy has the etymological history Late 19th-century colloquial alteration and shortening of dividend (or divide), with the familiar -y ending. The immediate etymological form is English dividend. The suffix -y forms an adjective meaning characterized by the base, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as verb and noun, it means "to divide and share out, especially money or spoils", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Its colloquial history matters: the word belongs to informal usage before settling into the present dictionary sense. Related words include dividend, divide, and division.

## Topics
- Money & Finance
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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