share
♦♦♦ share /ʃ'eər/ (shares sharing shared)
1 [N-COUNT] oft N in n
A company's shares are the many equal parts into which its ownership is divided. Shares can be bought by people as an investment. (BUSINESS)
This is why Sir Colin Marshall, British Airways' chairman, has been so keen to buy shares in US-AIR...
For some months the share price remained fairly static.
2 [V-RECIP] V n with n, pl-n V n, be V-ed between pl-n, V-ed
If you share something with another person, you both have it, use it, or occupy it. You can also say that two people share something.
...the small income he had shared with his brother from his father's estate...
Two Americans will share this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine...
Scarce water resources are shared between states who cannot trust each other...
Most hostel tenants would prefer single to shared rooms.
3 [V-RECIP] V n with n, pl-n V n
If you share a task, duty, or responsibility with someone, you each carry out or accept part of it. You can also say that two people share something.
You can find out whether they are prepared to share the cost of the flowers with you...
The republics have worked out a plan for sharing control of nuclear weapons.
4 [V-RECIP] V n with n, pl-n V n
If you share an experience with someone, you have the same experience, often because you are with them at the time. You can also say that two people share something.
Yes, I want to share my life with you...
I felt we both shared the same sense of loss, felt the same pain.
5 [VERB] no cont, V n, V-ed
If you share someone's opinion, you agree with them.
We share his view that business can be a positive force for change...
Prosperity and economic success remain popular and broadly shared goals.
6 [V-RECIP] no cont, V n with n, pl-n V n
If one person or thing shares a quality or characteristic with another, they have the same quality or characteristic. You can also say that two people or things share something.
...newspapers which share similar characteristics with certain British newspapers.
...two groups who share a common language.
7 [VERB] V n with n, V n among pl-n, V n, also V
If you share something that you have with someone, you give some of it to them or let them use it.
The village tribe is friendly and they share their water supply with you...
Scientists now have to compete for funding, and do not share information among themselves...
Toddlers are notoriously antisocial when it comes to sharing toys.
8 [VERB] V n with n, V n
If you share something personal such as a thought or a piece of news with someone, you tell them about it.
It can be beneficial to share your feelings with someone you trust...
Film critic Bob Mondello shares his thoughts on the movie `City of Hope'.
9 [N-COUNT] usu sing, oft N of/in n
If something is divided or distributed among a number of different people or things, each of them has, or is responsible for, a share of it.
Sara also pays a share of the gas, electricity and phone bills...
10 [N-COUNT] usu sing with poss, N of n
If you have or do your share of something, you have or do an amount that seems reasonable to you, or to other people.
Women must receive their fair share of training for good-paying jobs...
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see also lion's share, market share, job share (job shares job sharing job shared)
[VERB] V
If two people job share, they share the same job by working part-time, for example one person working in the mornings and the other in the afternoons.
They both want to job share.
[N-COUNT]
Job share is also a noun.
She works in a bank job share.
● job sharing [N-UNCOUNT]
Part-time work and job sharing will become commonplace.lion's share
[N-SING] usu the N of n
If a person, group, or project gets the lion's share of something, they get the largest part of it, leaving very little for other people.
Military and nuclear research have received the lion's share of public funding.mar|ket share (market shares)
[N-VAR] oft with poss
A company's market share in a product is the proportion of the total sales of that product that is produced by that company. (BUSINESS)
Ford has been gaining market share this year at the expense of GM.share capi|tal
[N-UNCOUNT]
A company's share capital is the money that shareholders invest in order to start or expand the business. (BUSINESS)
The bank has a share capital of almost 100 million dollars.share in
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If you share in something such as a success or a responsibility, you are one of a number of people who achieve or accept it.
The company is offering you the chance to share in its success...share in|dex (share indicesor share indexes)
[N-COUNT]
A share index is a number that indicates the state of a stock market. It is based on the combined share prices of a set of companies. (BUSINESS)
The FT 30 share index was up 16.4 points to 1,599.6.share is|sue (share issues)
[N-COUNT]
When there is a share issue, shares in a company are made available for people to buy. (BUSINESS)share op|tion (share options)
[N-COUNT]
A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price. (BRIT BUSINESS; in AM use stock option)
Only a handful of firms offer share option schemes to all their employees.share out
[PHRASAL VERB] V n P, V P n (not pron)
If you share out an amount of something, you give each person in a group an equal or fair part of it.
I drain the pasta, then I share it out between two plates...
The company will share out $1.3 billion among 500,000 policyholders.
see also share-outshare shop (share shops)
[N-COUNT]
A share shop is a shop or Internet website where members of the public can buy shares in companies. (BUSINESS)
1 [N-COUNT] oft N in n
A company's shares are the many equal parts into which its ownership is divided. Shares can be bought by people as an investment. (BUSINESS)
This is why Sir Colin Marshall, British Airways' chairman, has been so keen to buy shares in US-AIR...
For some months the share price remained fairly static.
2 [V-RECIP] V n with n, pl-n V n, be V-ed between pl-n, V-ed
If you share something with another person, you both have it, use it, or occupy it. You can also say that two people share something.
...the small income he had shared with his brother from his father's estate...
Two Americans will share this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine...
Scarce water resources are shared between states who cannot trust each other...
Most hostel tenants would prefer single to shared rooms.
3 [V-RECIP] V n with n, pl-n V n
If you share a task, duty, or responsibility with someone, you each carry out or accept part of it. You can also say that two people share something.
You can find out whether they are prepared to share the cost of the flowers with you...
The republics have worked out a plan for sharing control of nuclear weapons.
4 [V-RECIP] V n with n, pl-n V n
If you share an experience with someone, you have the same experience, often because you are with them at the time. You can also say that two people share something.
Yes, I want to share my life with you...
I felt we both shared the same sense of loss, felt the same pain.
5 [VERB] no cont, V n, V-ed
If you share someone's opinion, you agree with them.
We share his view that business can be a positive force for change...
Prosperity and economic success remain popular and broadly shared goals.
6 [V-RECIP] no cont, V n with n, pl-n V n
If one person or thing shares a quality or characteristic with another, they have the same quality or characteristic. You can also say that two people or things share something.
...newspapers which share similar characteristics with certain British newspapers.
...two groups who share a common language.
7 [VERB] V n with n, V n among pl-n, V n, also V
If you share something that you have with someone, you give some of it to them or let them use it.
The village tribe is friendly and they share their water supply with you...
Scientists now have to compete for funding, and do not share information among themselves...
Toddlers are notoriously antisocial when it comes to sharing toys.
8 [VERB] V n with n, V n
If you share something personal such as a thought or a piece of news with someone, you tell them about it.
It can be beneficial to share your feelings with someone you trust...
Film critic Bob Mondello shares his thoughts on the movie `City of Hope'.
9 [N-COUNT] usu sing, oft N of/in n
If something is divided or distributed among a number of different people or things, each of them has, or is responsible for, a share of it.
Sara also pays a share of the gas, electricity and phone bills...
10 [N-COUNT] usu sing with poss, N of n
If you have or do your share of something, you have or do an amount that seems reasonable to you, or to other people.
Women must receive their fair share of training for good-paying jobs...
11
see also lion's share, market share, job share (job shares job sharing job shared)
[VERB] V
If two people job share, they share the same job by working part-time, for example one person working in the mornings and the other in the afternoons.
They both want to job share.
[N-COUNT]
Job share is also a noun.
She works in a bank job share.
● job sharing [N-UNCOUNT]
Part-time work and job sharing will become commonplace.lion's share
[N-SING] usu the N of n
If a person, group, or project gets the lion's share of something, they get the largest part of it, leaving very little for other people.
Military and nuclear research have received the lion's share of public funding.mar|ket share (market shares)
[N-VAR] oft with poss
A company's market share in a product is the proportion of the total sales of that product that is produced by that company. (BUSINESS)
Ford has been gaining market share this year at the expense of GM.share capi|tal
[N-UNCOUNT]
A company's share capital is the money that shareholders invest in order to start or expand the business. (BUSINESS)
The bank has a share capital of almost 100 million dollars.share in
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n
If you share in something such as a success or a responsibility, you are one of a number of people who achieve or accept it.
The company is offering you the chance to share in its success...share in|dex (share indicesor share indexes)
[N-COUNT]
A share index is a number that indicates the state of a stock market. It is based on the combined share prices of a set of companies. (BUSINESS)
The FT 30 share index was up 16.4 points to 1,599.6.share is|sue (share issues)
[N-COUNT]
When there is a share issue, shares in a company are made available for people to buy. (BUSINESS)share op|tion (share options)
[N-COUNT]
A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price. (BRIT BUSINESS; in AM use stock option)
Only a handful of firms offer share option schemes to all their employees.share out
[PHRASAL VERB] V n P, V P n (not pron)
If you share out an amount of something, you give each person in a group an equal or fair part of it.
I drain the pasta, then I share it out between two plates...
The company will share out $1.3 billion among 500,000 policyholders.
see also share-outshare shop (share shops)
[N-COUNT]
A share shop is a shop or Internet website where members of the public can buy shares in companies. (BUSINESS)