share

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the allotment of some amount by dividing something

   death gets more than its share of attention from theologians

2. 2
   noun

   assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group

   They wanted their share in cash.

3. 3
   noun

   any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate

   My friends bought 100 shares of IBM at the market price.

4. 4
   verb

   communicate

   I'd like to share this idea with you

5. 5
   verb

   have, give, or receive a share of

   We shared the cake

6. 6
   verb

   have in common

   Our children share a love of music

7. 7
   noun

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

   Each of the robbers took a share of the loot.

8. 8
   noun

   A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network.

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

Etymology

From Middle English schare, schere, from Old English sċearu (“a cutting, shaving, a shearing, tonsure, part, division, share”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaru, from Proto-Germanic *skarō (“a division, detachment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut, divide”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian skar, sker (“a share in a communal pasture”), Dutch schare (“share in property”), German Schar (“band, troop, party, company”), Icelandic skor (“department”). Compare shard, shear. Doublet of eschel.