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Share may refer to:

• Share, to make joint use of a resource (such as food, money, or space); see Sharing
• Share (finance), a stock or other financial security (such as a mutual fund)
• Share, Kwara, a town and LGA in Kwara State, Nigeria

Share may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media[edit]

• Share (2015 film), a short drama film
• Share (2019 film), a feature drama film
• Share (newspaper), a newspaper in Toronto, Canada
• Ratings share, percentage of television sets in use tuned to a program, according to the Nielsen Ratings

Computing[edit]

• share (command), a shell command
• SHARE (computing), a user group for IBM mainframe computers
• Share (P2P), a Japanese P2P computer program, the successor to Winny
• Share, a software service of Acrobat.com used for sending files
• File sharing
• Network share, a file storage area that is available over a computer network
• Share icon, a user interface icon intended to convey performing a share action
• SHARE Operating System, the first operating system, by the SHARE user group

Organizations[edit]

• SHARE cancer support, a New York City organization supporting women with cancer
• SHARE Foundation (El Salvador), an El Salvador justice organization
• Share Foundation, a medical charity in Newfoundland
• SHARE in Africa, an American charity organization
• Share International, a religious movement founded by British painter Benjamin Creme
• Skeptics and Humanist Aid and Relief Effort, or SHARE, a charity arm of the Center for Inquiry
• Students Harness Aid for the Relief of the Elderly, or SHARE, a charity in Cork, Ireland

Other uses[edit]

• Southern Hemisphere Auroral Radar Experiment, or SHARE, tracking space weather from Antarctica
• Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, or SHARE, a health and social study in Europe

See also[edit]

• All pages with titles beginning with Share
• All pages with titles containing Share
• Cher (disambiguation)
• Plowshare, the cutting blade of a plow (plough)
• Ridesharing (disambiguation)
• Shared (disambiguation)
• Timeshare (disambiguation)

share ̈ɪʃɛə доля, часть one’s share of the expences ― чья-л. доля расходов to get one’s due share of smth. ― получить полагающуюся часть (долю) чего-л. he got his full share ― он получил свою долю сполна to give due share of the credit ― воздать должное to go (to run, to club) shares (with smb. in smth.) ― честно поделиться (чем-л. с кем-л.), делить поровну (пополам) (что-л. с кем-л.) I’ll go shares with you on that dinner ― расходы по обеду мы с вами разделим поровну to take (to go) smth. share and share alike ― делить поровну (по-братски) доля, удел to fall to smb.’s share ― выпадать на чью-л. долю, стать чьим-л. уделом I have had my share of worries ― на мою долю выпало немало злоключений участие, роль to have (to take, to bear) a (one’s) share in smth. ― принимать участие в чем-л. to take a share in the conversation ― участвовать в беседе, вступить в разговор what share had he in their success? ― какую роль он сыграл в их успехе? he had no share in the plot ― он не принимал участия в заговоре he must bear his share of responsibility ― он должен нести свою долю ответственности he has had no small share in framing the destinies of our country ― он сыграл не последнюю роль в определении судьбы нашей родины акция; пай to hold shares in a company ― иметь акции какой-л. компании co-op share ― пай в кооперативе share to bearer ― акция на предъявителя share certificate ― акционерный сертификат, свидетельство на акцию to allot shares ― распределять акции (по подписке) shares have fallen ― курсы акций упали shares! ― чур, поровну! for my share ― редк. что касается меня (тж. share out) делить, распределять to share smth. equally ― поделить что-л. поровну to share smth. among five men ― поделить что-л. на пять человек (на пятерых) делить, разделять (с кем-л. что-л.) to share smth. with smb. ― (по)делиться чем-л. с кем-л. to share one’s bread with smb. ― поделиться с кем-л. хлебом only we two shared this secret ― только мы двое знали эту тайну we share everything ― у нас все общее let me share your knowledge ― поделись со мной своими знаниями the two chemists shared the Nobel prize ― Нобелевская премия была присуждена совместно этим двум химикам пользоваться совместно to share a room with smb. ― жить вместе (в одной комнате) с кем-л. to share a table ― сидеть за одним столом (обедать, работать и т. п.) to share a bed ― делить ложе to share an umbrella ― идти вдвоем под одним зонтом we each have a room of our own but we share a bathroom ― у нас у каждого своя комната, но ванная одна участвовать (в чем-л.), делить to share (in) the expenses ― принять участие в расходах, делить расходы to share responsibility ― разделять ответственность he shares responsibility ― он тоже несет ответственность to share and share alike ― участвовать на равных правах I am ready to share with you in the costs ― я готов разделить с вами расходы иметь долю или часть; быть пайщиком to share in a firm ― быть пайщиком фирмы делить (горе, радость и т. п.) to share smb.’s lot ― делить с кем-л. судьбу he shared the same fate ― его постигла та же участь разделять (чужое горе и т. п.); сопереживать to share (in) smb.’s grief ― разделять чье-л. горе; переживать чужое горе как свое разделять (мнение, вкусы и т. п.) to share smb.’s likes and dislikes ― разделять вкусы кого-л. I share your opinion ― я разделяю ваше мнение, я присоединяюсь к вашему мнению с-х. лемех, сошник (плуга) share-bone ̈ɪʃɛə — bəun анат. лобковая кость share-list ˈʃɛəlɪst бирж. фондовая курсовая таблица; список акций share-out ˈʃɛəraut дележ, распределение дохода sharecrop ам. работать исполу; быть испольщиком, издольщиком sharecrop system ам. испольная система sharecropper ˈʃɛəˌkrɔpə ам. испольщик, издольщик shared совместного пользования, коллективный shared apartment ― коммунальная квартира shareholder ˈʃɛəˌhəuldə держатель акций, акционер shareholders in (of) a company ― акционеры какой-л. компании sharer участник; акционер, пайщик

In the contrary if SRK sell KKR off then he would be a fool. &5 cr expenses to a guranteed income from 100 cr (TV rights share + central sponsor share+ associate sponsor share) it would be foolish on its part … ❋ Unknown (2009)

Specialist Holidays is currently offering the Summer Thirst Buster deal in a five-night package ex Sydney priced from $1195 pp twin share and six-night package ex Melbourne priced from $1465 pp twin share². ❋ Unknown (2009)

The problem with WMP storing the network location instead of the local drive letter are that in some cases WMP can’t playback videos with certain codec over the network share (\share) and in other cases is it able to play back, but the «seeking» does not work (WMV files).

$0.01 per share for the first 500 shares, then just $0.005 per additional share¹. ❋ Unknown (2009)

TIM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. | Investor Relations Ranking Offering 4 Offering: Inversion of Market Share Erosion Trend in net share TIM Net Adds and Net Share TIM Market Share 000’s lines, % % of market share Clean-up: 25,3 ~1Mln lines 25,1 25,0 24,7 24,5 Net share% 24,2 24,1 ❋ Ritim (2009)

In 1994, the Owls went 5-6, but their 4-3 Southwest Conference record won them a title share because Texas A&M, the real first-place team, was ineligible. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Let him who is taught the word share in all good things with him who teaches. ❋ Linda P. Kozar (2009)

I am most concerned with the term share as to the yearly distributions (proportionate vs. quantum). ❋ Unknown (2010)

The offer price of £ 4.85 a share is a 29.1% premium to London-based BlueBay ‘s £ 3.76 closing price on Oct. 15. ❋ Margot Patrick (2010)

The offer price of £ 4.85 a share is a 29.1% premium to London-based BlueBay’s £ 3.76 closing price on Oct. 15. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For software, the easiest way to share is to put source code in the public domain, and not require any End User Licensing Agreement (EULA) or patent licenses. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mr. Miller’s offer of $20.50 a share is at a 38% premium to Friday’s close and close to analysts ‘consensus price target. ❋ Liam Denning (2010)

Now some House Democrats are proposing what they call a share-the-sacrifice surtax. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Houseman saw the conflict; he followed me; he named the value of the prize he proposed to gain; that which he called my share placed all my wished within my reach! ❋ Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1838)

Thomas [shared] the cat-like image in an effort to [antagonize] his [casual] acquaintances. ❋ Fb_antienthusiast (2013)

i [use] [bittorrent] to share [files]. ❋ Bkdouble (2007)

[Share] with [someone else] [bish] ❋ Ummm Wow (2020)

«I’m [stacking] those shares like I used to [stack sats] back in the day. [HEX].COM FTW!» ❋ ArmAddAsk (2021)

share also likes to watch and [read] gay [books] and [anime] ❋ Jymer? (2018)

if there’s a woman in this world that will keep my [interest] for [the rest] of [my life] it’s Sharee ❋ Albury To Adelaide (2020)

[The goddess] Sharee has made me [smile] once again through her amazing [eyes]. ❋ Budlightbike (2021)

Sharee is [an awesome] [chick]. ❋ Passion765 (2010)

Let’s [share] this [piece of cake]. ❋ Dannielle (2004)

Dude, don’t [bogart] the [whole thing], be [shareful]. ❋ Gpp7824 (2009)

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʃɛə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʃɛɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English schare, schere, from Old English scearu (“a cutting, shaving, a shearing, tonsure, part, division, share”), 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.

Noun[edit]

share (plural shares)

1. 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.

3. (finance) A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.
4. (computing) A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network.

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

5. (social media) The action of sharing something with other people via social media.

   • 2016, Brooke Warner, Green-Light Your Book:

     Social media is supervisual, and there’s nothing more shareable than images, so this is a way to increase shares and likes and follows.

6. (anatomy) The sharebone or pubis.

   • 1606, Suetonius, Philemon Holland, transl., De Vita Cæsarum:

     […] [H]ee stabbed him beneth in the very share neere unto his privie parts. [Dom.17]

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

share (third-person singular simple present shares, present participle sharing, simple past and past participle shared)

1. To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.
2. To have or use in common.

   to share a shelter with another

   They share a language.

   • a. 1675, John Milton, On the Lord General Fairfax at the Siege of Colchester; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume II, Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, →OCLC, page 24:

     While Avarice and Rapine ſhare the Land.

   • 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0056:

     Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.

   • 1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 752:

     The Kleine Scheidegg is quite a colony, with its railway station, shared by the Wengernalp and Jungfrau Railways, its commodious station buffet and two large hotels.

3. To divide and distribute.

   • 1708 December 15 (Gregorian calendar; date written), [Jonathan Swift], A Letter from a Member of the House of Commons in Ireland to a Member of the House of Commons in England, Concerning the Sacramental Test, London: […] John Morphew […], published 1709, →OCLC, page 21:

     [S]uppose I ſhare my Fortune equally between my own Children, and a Stranger whom I take into my Protection; will that be a Method to unite them?

4. To tell to another.

   He shared his story with the press.

   • 2013 May 10, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly‎^[1], volume 189, number 2, page 27:

     The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […] offering services that let you […] “share the things you love with the world” and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people’s control of their own attention.

5. (computing, Internet) To allow public or private sharing of computer data or space in a network

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Translations[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English share, schare, shaar, from Old English scear, scær (“ploughshare”), from Proto-Germanic *skaraz (“ploughshare”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Dutch schaar (“ploughshare”), dialectal German Schar (“ploughshare”), Danish (plov)skær (“ploughshare”). More at shear.

Noun[edit]

share (plural shares)

1. (agriculture) The cutting blade of an agricultural machine like a plough, a cultivator or a seeding-machine.
   • 1785, William Cowper, The Task, Book IV:

     The golden harvest, of a mellow brown, / Upturn’d so lately by the fearful share.

Derived terms[edit]

• ploughshare
• plowshare
• sharebeam

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

share (third-person singular simple present shares, present participle sharing, simple past and past participle shared)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.

   • 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     The shar’d visage hangs on equal sides.

Anagrams[edit]

• Asher, Rahes, Shear, asher, earsh, hares, harse, hears, heras, rheas, sehar, sehra, shear

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

share

1. Rōmaji transcription of しゃれ
2. Rōmaji transcription of シャレ

Manx[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish is ferr (“it’s better”), from Proto-Celtic *werros, from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“peak”). Akin to Latin verrūca (“steep place, height”), Lithuanian viršùs (“top, head”) and Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “top, peak”). Compare Irish fearr.

Adjective[edit]

share

1. comparative degree of mie

   Share çhyndaa cabbil ayns mean ny h-aah na goll er vaih.

   Better to change horses in mid ford than to drown.

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English scear, from Proto-Germanic *skaraz (“ploughshare”).

Alternative forms[edit]

• sharre, shzar, sher

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ʃar/, /ʃaːr/

Noun[edit]

share (plural shares)

1. plowshare

Descendants[edit]

• English: share
• Yola: shor

References[edit]

• “shā̆r(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old English sċearu, from Proto-West Germanic *skaru, from Proto-Germanic *skarō.

Alternative forms[edit]

• schar, sharre

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːr(ə)/

Noun[edit]

share (plural shares)

1. portion

Descendants[edit]

• English: share
• Scots: schare
• Yola: shaar

References[edit]

• “shār(e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English share.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeɾ/ [ˈʃeɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ

Noun[edit]

share m (plural shares)

1. (television) share of the audience

   • 2000, Valerio Fuenzalida, La televisión pública en América Latina: reforma o privatización:

     Ambos muestran problemas de administración con fuerte inestabilidad y graves problemas económicos, con baja sintonía y credibilidad por ser canales del gobierno; en 1998 tuvo un share promedio de 3,3% (Television Latin America, 1999; Cfr. La Industria Audiovisual Iberoamericana, 1998).

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

   • 2003, Eduardo Ladrón de Guevara, Querido maestro: dos en un sofá‎^[2], volume 2:

     En concreto, en la primera temporada (2001- 2002), la serie alcanza una media de 5,5 millones de espectadores y un share de 33,3%.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

   • 2005, Albor Rodríguez, Misses de Venezuela: reinas que cautivaron a un país:

     De acuerdo a las estadísticas de la planta, el Miss Venezuela es el programa más visto de la televisión venezolana con un share de 75,9% […]

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Usage notes[edit]

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

• Defenition of the word share

  • A financial instrument that shows that you own a part of a company.
  • The cutting blade of an agricultural machine like a plough, a cultivator or a seeding-machine.
  • To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.
  • To have something in common.
  • To communicate (an idea, an emotion, etc.) to someone.
  • To use jointly or in common.
  • any one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor: «I am proud of my contribution to the team’s success»; «they all did their share of the work»
  • the result of parcelling out or sharing; «death gets more than its share of attention from theologicans»
  • have, give, or receive a share of: «We shared the cake»
  • a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil
  • 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; «he bought 100 shares of IBM at the market price»
  • communicate; «I’d like to share this idea with you»
  • use jointly or in common
  • share in common; «Our children share a love of music»
  • give out as one’s portion or share
  • an asset belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; «he wanted his share in cash»
  • any one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor; «I am proud of my contribution to the team»s success»; «they all did their share of the work»
  • assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; «he wanted his share in cash»
  • communicate; «I»d like to share this idea with you»
  • give out as one»s portion or share
  • have, give, or receive a share of; «We shared the cake»
  • have in common; «Our children share a love of music»; «The two countries share a long border»
  • the part played by a person in bringing about a result
  • the allotment of some amount by dividing something
  • assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
  • 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
  • communicate
  • have, give, or receive a share of
  • have in common

Synonyms for the word share

• • allocate
  • apportion
  • assign
  • bit
  • carve up
  • communicate
  • contribute to
  • contribution
  • cut
  • deal
  • disclose
  • distribute
  • divide
  • divide up
  • divvy up
  • go halves
  • impart
  • let somebody in on
  • parcel
  • part
  • partake
  • partake in
  • percentage
  • piece
  • ploughshare
  • plowshare
  • portion
  • portion out
  • reveal
  • segment
  • split
  • stake

Similar words in the share

• • share
  • share’s
  • sharecropper
  • sharecropper’s
  • sharecroppers
  • shared
  • shareholder’s
  • shares

Meronymys for the word share

• • earnings
  • lucre
  • moldboard plow
  • mouldboard plough
  • net
  • net income
  • net profit
  • profit
  • profits
  • stock

Hyponyms for the word share

• • allocation
  • allotment
  • allowance
  • communalise
  • communalize
  • cut
  • cut in
  • dispensation
  • dole
  • double up
  • end
  • interest
  • osculate
  • partake
  • piece
  • pool
  • profit sharing
  • ration
  • slice
  • split
  • stake
  • tranche
  • way

Hypernyms for the word share

• • acquire
  • allocation
  • allotment
  • apply
  • apportioning
  • apportionment
  • asset
  • assets
  • assignation
  • attempt
  • communicate
  • distribute
  • effort
  • employ
  • endeavor
  • endeavour
  • get
  • give away
  • give out
  • hand out
  • intercommunicate
  • overlap
  • parceling
  • parcelling
  • pass out
  • stock
  • stock certificate
  • try
  • use
  • utilise
  • utilize
  • wedge

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