SHARE, n.
1. a part a portion a quantity as a small share of prudence or good sense.
2. A part or portion of a thing owned by a number in common that part of an undivided interest which belongs to each proprietor as a ship owned in ten shares a Tontine buildind owned in a hundred shares.
3. The part of a thing allotted or distributed to each individual of a number divided separate portion. Each heir has received his share of the estate.
4. A part belonging to one portion possessed.
Nor I without my share of fame. Dryden.
5. A part contributed. He bears his share of the burden.
6. The broad iron or blade of a plow which cuts the ground or a furrow-slice.
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