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shares

share
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [shair]
    • /ʃɛər/
    • /ʃeər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shair]
    • /ʃɛər/

Definitions of shares word

  • noun shares a plowshare. 1
  • verb with object shares to divide and distribute in shares; apportion. 1
  • verb with object shares to use, participate in, enjoy, receive, etc., jointly: The two chemists shared the Nobel prize. 1
  • verb with object shares Digital Technology. to give specific users access to (online content), as by posting it on a social media website or sending it as an email attachment: to share photos on Instagram; a shared spreadsheet. 1
  • verb without object shares to have a share or part; take part (often followed by in). 1
  • verb without object shares to divide, apportion, or receive equally. 1
See all 9 definitions of shares

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Origin of shares

First appearance:

before 1325
One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English (noun) “cutting, division”; Old English scearu “fork of the body, groin”; cognate with Dutch schaar, German Schar “troop.” See shear

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Shares

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Shares

shares popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

shares usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for shares

noun shares

verb shares

  • chiv — a knife
  • divides — Separate or be separated into parts.
  • divvies — Plural form of divvy.
  • hacked — to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
  • hacking — a rack for drying food, as fish.
All 25 Synonyms of shares

Antonyms for shares

verb shares

  • controls — a device or mechanism for operating or regulating a car, aircraft, etc
  • copyrights — Plural form of copyright.
All 2 Antonyms of shares

Top questions with shares

  • who shares my birthday?
  • how to buy shares?
  • why do companies buy back shares?
  • how to buying shares?

Related words

  • founders' shares

    shares awarded to the founders of a company and often granting special privileges

  • housemate

    a person with whom one shares a house or other residence.

  • joint-stock company

    an association of individuals in a business enterprise with transferable shares of stock, much like a corporation except that stockholders are liable for the debts of the business.

  • round lot

    the conventional unit or quantity in which commodities or securities are bought and sold.

  • split

    to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.

  • american depository receipt

    a negotiable receipt similar to a stock certificate, registered in the owner's name and showing ownership of shares in a foreign company, held by a foreign branch of a U.S. bank or its overseas correspondent bank.
All related words to shares

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