Definition of Share

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Definition of Share

The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.

The part which opens the ground for the reception of the seed, in a machine for sowing seed.

A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence.

Especially, the part allotted or belonging to one, of any property or interest owned by a number; a portion among others; an apportioned lot; an allotment; a dividend.

Hence, one of a certain number of equal portions into which any property or invested capital is divided; as, a ship owned in ten shares.

The pubes; the sharebone.

To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide.

To partake of, use, or experience, with others; to have a portion of; to take and possess in common; as, to share a shelter with another.

To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.

To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others.

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Share Quotations

Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?
Thomas Jefferson

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.
Barack Obama

This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development. But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many.
Barack Obama

America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.
Barack Obama

Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith but they are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the passion of Christ.
C. S. Lewis

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.
Kahlil Gibran

My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious.
Helen Keller

If we are marked to die, we are enough to do our country loss; and if to live, the fewer men, the greater share of honor.
William Shakespeare

The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.
Edward Kennedy

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.
Aristotle

Share Translations

share in Afrikaans is stuk, porsie, deel, gedeelte
share in Danish is aktie, dele, del, andel
share in Dutch is actie, aandeel
share in Finnish is jakaa, osa, osake
share in French is partageons, partager, dividende, partagez, partie
share in German is anteil, Anteil {m}
share in Italian is partecipazione, spartire, parte
share in Norwegian is del
share in Portuguese is dividir, parte
share in Swedish is dela, andel, lott, anpart, aktie, del

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