share
/ʃɛɚ/ noun A2- A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone. · 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.
- A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.
- A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network. · Upload media from the browser or directly to the file share.
- The action of sharing something with other people via social media.
- The sharebone or pubis.
Plural shares
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Let me go a little further, a very little further, and I will promise that you shall share everything that I know.”
The Fox soon became jealous of the Lion carrying off the Lion’s share, and said that he would no longer find out the prey, but would capture it on his own account.
The Ass carefully divided the spoil into three equal shares and modestly requested the two others to make the first choice.
While he hammered away at his metals the Dog slept; but when, on the other hand, he went to dinner and began to eat, the Dog woke up and wagged his tail, as if he would ask for a share of his meal.
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