moiety C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas US /ˈmɔɪəti/ UK /ˈmɔɪəti/ See IPA manual Freq #218308 Meanings 1 noun a part or share, especially one of two roughly equal parts One moiety of the customs revenue was assigned to repayment of the loan. 2 noun in anthropology, one of two major descent or social divisions of a community Each clan belonged to one of the tribe's two moieties. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a part or share, especially... halfportionsharemediety 2 noun · in anthropology, one of two... social divisiondescent group ↔ Opposites wholeentirety Word family Derived forms submoiety Related forms medietydivisionpartition Etymology From Old French meitie and Middle French moytie (modern moitié, 'half'), from Late Latin medietas ('middle, half'), based on Latin medius ('middle'). It is a doublet of mediety. Topics Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # moiety **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈmɔɪəti/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈmɔɪəti/ **Frequency rank:** 218308 ## Meanings 1. a part or share, especially one of two roughly equal parts 2. in anthropology, one of two major descent or social divisions of a community ## Examples - One moiety of the customs revenue was assigned to repayment of the loan. - Each clan belonged to one of the tribe's two moieties. ## Synonyms - half - portion - share - mediety ## Antonyms - whole - entirety ## Derived Forms - submoiety ## Related Forms - mediety - division - partition ## Etymology From Old French meitie and Middle French moytie (modern moitié, 'half'), from Late Latin medietas ('middle, half'), based on Latin medius ('middle'). It is a doublet of mediety. ## Topics - Abstract Ideas - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown