share
    n 1: assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an
         individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash"
         [syn: share, portion, part, percentage]
    2: 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"
    3: the allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death
       gets more than its share of attention from theologians" [syn:
       parcel, portion, share]
    4: the part played by a person in bringing about a result; "I am
       proud of my contribution in advancing the project"; "they all
       did their share of the work" [syn: contribution, part,
       share]
    5: a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil
       [syn: plowshare, ploughshare, share]
    v 1: have in common; "Our children share a love of music"; "The
         two countries share a long border"
    2: use jointly or in common
    3: have, give, or receive a share of; "We shared the cake" [syn:
       partake, share, partake in]
    4: give out as one's portion or share [syn: share, divvy up,
       portion out, apportion, deal]
    5: communicate; "I'd like to share this idea with you"

Share \Share\, n. [OE. share, AS. scearu, scaru, fr. sceran to
   shear, cut. See Shear, v.]
   1. A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a
      small share of prudence.
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   2. 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. "My
      share of fame." --Dryden.
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   3. 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.
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   4. The pubes; the sharebone. [Obs.] --Holland.
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   To go shares, to partake; to be equally concerned.

   Share and share alike, in equal shares.
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Share \Share\, n. [OE. schar, AS. scear; akin to OHG. scaro, G.
   schar, pflugshar, and E. shear, v. See Shear.]
   1. The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which
      cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.
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   2. The part which opens the ground for the reception of the
      seed, in a machine for sowing seed. --Knight.
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Share \Share\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shared; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Sharing.]
   1. To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to
      divide.
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            Suppose I share my fortune equally between my
            children and a stranger.              --Swift.
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   2. 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.
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            While avarice and rapine share the land. --Milton.
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   3. To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide. [Obs.]
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            The shared visage hangs on equal sides. --Dryden.
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Share \Share\, v. i.
   To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or
   suffer with others.
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         A right of inheritance gave every one a title to share
         in the goods of his father.              --Locke.
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SHARE. A portion of anything. Sometimes shares are equal, at other times 
they are unequal. 
     2. In companies and corporations the whole of the capital stock is 
usually divided into equal proportions called shares. Shares in public 
companies have sometimes been held to be real estate, but most usually they 
are considered as personal property. Wordsw. Jo. Sto. Co. ch. 1 P, p. 288. 
3. The proportion which descends to one of several children from his 
ancestor, is called a share. The term share and share alike, signifies in 
equal proportions. See Perpart.