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| Main Entry: | share |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion, allotment |
| Synonyms: | allowance, apportionment, bite, chunk, claim, commission, contribution, cut, cut in, cut up, divide, dividend, division, dose, drag*, due, end, fraction, fragment, helping, heritage, interest, lagniappe, lot, measure, parcel, part, percentage, piece, pittance, plum, proportion, quantum, quota, quotient, ration, segment, serving, slice, split, stake, taste, whack*, divvy, fifty-fifty*, halver, meed, partage, points, quotum, rake-off |
| Antonyms: | whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | share |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use in common with others |
| Synonyms: | accord, administer, allot, apportion, assign, bestow, deal, dispense, distribute, divide, divvy up*, dole out, experience, part, partake, participate, partition, prorate, quota, ration, receive, shift, slice, split, split up, yield, be a party to, cut the pie, divide with, divvy, give and take, give out, go Dutch, go fifty-fifty, go halves, go in with, have a hand in, have a portion of, mete out, parcel out, pay half, piece up, slice up, take a part of |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, be selfish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adjustment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial retribution, payment of claim |
| Synonyms: | agreement, allotment, apportionment, benefit, compensation, compromise, pay, reconciliation, reimbursement, remuneration, settlement, share, stake, stipulation |
| Main Entry: | allocate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign; divide among |
| Synonyms: | allot, apportion, appropriate, budget, cut, designate, dish out*, earmark, give, mete, share, slice, admeasure, divvy, set aside |
| Notes: | to allocate something is to set it aside for a specific purpose; to allot something is to give it with an implied restriction and an understanding of sharing |
| Antonyms: | keep, keep together |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | distribution |
| Synonyms: | allotment, apportionment, appropriation, portion, quota, ration, share |
| Main Entry: | allot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign; give portion |
| Synonyms: | allocate, appoint, apportion, appropriate, assign, budget, cut, designate, distribute, dole, earmark, mete, share, shell out*, slice, split up, admeasure, cut the pie, divvy, set aside |
| Antonyms: | disallow, keep, retain, withhold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allotment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion assigned or given |
| Synonyms: | allocation, allowance, apportionment, appropriation, bite, chunk, cut, end, grant, lot, measure, part, piece, quota, ration, share, slice, split, stint*, cut of pie, piece of the action, rake off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allowance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amount of money or other supply |
| Synonyms: | aid, alimony, allocation, allotment, apportionment, bequest, bite*, bounty, commission, contribution, cut, endowment, fee, fellowship, gift, grant, honorarium, inheritance, interest, legacy, lot, measure, part, pay, pension, piece, portion, prize, quantity, quota, ration, recompense, salary, scholarship, share, slice, stint, stipend, subsidy, taste, wage, annuity, remittance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny piece |
| Synonyms: | atom, butt, chicken feed*, chip, chunk, crumb, dab, dash, division, dollop, dose, dot, droplet, end, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, item, jot, lick*, lump, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morsel, niggle, parcel, part, particle, pinch, portion, sample, scale, scintilla, scrap, section, segment, share, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, snatch, snip, snippet, specimen, speck, splinter, sprinkling, stub, stump, taste, trace, trickle, driblet, peanuts, shard, shaving, tittle |
| Antonyms: | whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allotment |
| Synonyms: | allowance, cut, lot, part, piece, portion, quota, share, slice |
| Main Entry: | contribute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | donate, provide |
| Synonyms: | accord, add, afford, assign, bequeath, bequest, bestow, chip in, come through, commit, confer, devote, dispense, dole out*, endow, enrich, furnish, give, give away, grant, hand out, kick in*, pitch in*, present, proffer, sacrifice, share, subscribe, subsidize, supply, tender, will, ante up, dower, go Dutch, pony up, sweeten the kitty |
| Antonyms: | harm, hurt, neglect, oppose, shun, subtract, take, withdraw, withhold, take away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion of profit |
| Synonyms: | allotment, allowance, bite, chop*, division, kickback*, lot, member, moiety, part, percentage, piece, quota, section, segment, share, slice, partage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distribute |
| Synonyms: | administer, allot, apportion, assign, bestow, deliver, disburse, dish out*, dispense, disperse, disseminate, divide, dole out*, drop, give, hand out, impart, inflict, measure, partake, participate, partition, render, reward, share, strike, come across with, divvy, fork out*, fork over, mete out |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dispensation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allocation of supply |
| Synonyms: | allotment, appointment, apportionment, award, consignment, courtesy, disbursement, distribution, dole, endowment, favor, indulgence, kindness, part, portion, quota, service, share, bestowal, conferment, dealing out |
| Main Entry: | dispense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dole out supply |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, apportion, assign, deal, disburse, dish out*, distribute, divide, furnish, give, give away, hand out, hand over, lot, measure, partition, portion, prepare, prorate, share, shell out*, come across with, deal out, divvy, fork out*, give with, mete out |
| Antonyms: | receive, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distribute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | allocate, deliver, spread |
| Synonyms: | administer, allot, apportion, appropriate, assign, bestow, circulate, consign, convey, cut up, deal, diffuse, disburse, dish out*, dispense, disperse, dispose, disseminate, divide, divvy up*, dole out*, donate, endow, give, give away, hand out, issue, mete, parcel, partition, pass out, present, prorate, radiate, ration, scatter, share, shell out*, sow, strew, deal out, fork out*, lot out, measure out, pay out, slice up |
| Antonyms: | collect, gather, hoard, hold, keep, maintain, preserve, store |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | divide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distribute |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, apportion, articulate, cut, cut in*, cut up, deal, disburse, dish out*, dispense, disperse, divvy up*, dole out*, factor, hand out, hand over, parcel, partition, portion, prorate, quota, ration, share, shell out*, shift, slice, split up, cut one in, deal out, fork out*, go fifty-fifty, lot out, measure out, piece up, slice up |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, maintain, retain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | division |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something produced from separating |
| Synonyms: | affiliate, associate, border, boundary, branch, category, chunk, class, compartment, cut, degree, demarcation, department, divide, dividend, end, fraction, fragment, head, kind, lobe, lump, member, moiety, offshoot, parcel, partition, piece, portion, ramification, section, sector, segment, share, slice, sort, split, subdivision, wedge, divider, dividing line, divvy, grouping, piece of action, rake-off |
| Antonyms: | system, whole |
| Main Entry: | divvy up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divide |
| Synonyms: | allocate, apportion, cut, dole out, share, split, cut up the pie, go halves, measure out, mete out |
| Main Entry: | dole |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allowance, allocation |
| Synonyms: | allotment, alms, apportionment, benefit, charity, dispensation, distribution, division, donation, gift, grant, gratuity, handout, living wage, mite, modicum, parcel, pittance, portion, quota, relief, share, subsistence, trifle |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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