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share¹

(shâr)

1. A part or portion belonging to, distributed to, contributed by, or owed by a person or group: The pirates argued over their shares of the treasure.

2. An equitable portion: do one's share of the work.

a. One of the equal parts into which the capital stock of a company is divided: bought 200 shares of the company's stock.

b. A unit of ownership in a mutual fund or other investment vehicle: bought two shares in a mutual fund.

c. shares Chiefly British Stocks: European shares jumped two percent. The fund invests half the money in bonds and half in shares.

v. shared, shar·ing, shares

v.tr.

a. To accord a share in (something) to another or others: shared her chocolate bar with a friend.

b. To divide and parcel out in shares; apportion: shared the estate among his heirs.

a. To participate in, use, enjoy, or experience jointly or in turns: share a responsibility; share a room.

b. To hold or have jointly with another or others: She shares my view about the election.

3. To relate (a secret or experience, for example) to another or others.

4. Computers To make (a digital file) accessible to other users on a network, as for copying and downloading.

v.intr.

1. To have a share or part: shared in the profits.

2. To allow someone to use or enjoy something that one possesses: Being in daycare taught the child to share.

3. To use or enjoy something jointly or in turns: There is only one computer, so we will have to share.

4. To talk about personal experiences or feelings with others.

Idiom:

go shares

To be concerned or partake equally or jointly, as in a business venture.

[Middle English, from Old English scearu, division; see sker- in Indo-European roots.]

share′a·ble, shar′a·ble adj.

shar′er n.

share²

(shâr)

A plowshare.

[Middle English, from Old English scēar; see sker- in Indo-European roots.]

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Noun	1.	sharing - using or enjoying something jointly with others interdependence, interdependency, mutuality - a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups) time sharing - (computer science) the use of a central computer by many users simultaneously
	2.	sharing - having in common; "the sharing of electrons creates molecules" interdependence, interdependency, mutuality - a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
	3.	sharing - sharing thoughts and feelings communion social intercourse - communication between individuals
	4.	sharing - a distribution in shares share-out distribution - the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning generosity, unselfishness - acting generously giving, gift - the act of giving
Adj.	1.	sharing - unselfishly willing to share with others; "a warm and sharing friend" unselfish - disregarding your own advantages and welfare over those of others

sharing

noun

The act or fact of participating:

involvement, participation.

References in classic literature ?

Profit-sharing could be successful only in isolated cases in the midst of a system of industrial strife; for if all labor and all capital shared profits, the same conditions would obtain as did obtain when there was no profit- sharing.

It was as successful as it was selfish, and out of it was coined the word "arthurization," to denote grab- sharing on the part of labor unions.

View in context

Long relegated to the sharing of services such as landscaping and snow removal, municipalities and boards of education are beginning to realize the huge advantages to pursuing out-of-the-box thinking by expanding this concept to the concept of sharing facilities and land.

Shared services a help to taxpayers, towns and schools

The allocation of risk and reward sharing among shareholders and executives can also be used to induce the appropriate degree of risk-taking by risk-averse executives.

Why stock options still make sense: news reports herald their demise, but two consultants argue that stock options--used by 90 percent of the largest U.S. companies--remain the cornerstone of U.S. equity compensation, and for good reasons

Sharing in his consolation will be proportionate to our sharing his suffering.

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Gain sharing aligns the economic interests of company executives and employees.

The ethical aspects of gain sharing with physicians

Or would you like a team of users to be able to work on a spreadsheet report simultaneously, sharing information and coordinating the results?

Collaborate on spreadsheets: how to share Excel files with others on your network

The RIAA states that illegal file sharing has become rampant, and such lawsuits may multiply into the thousands.

File swapping lawsuits: is your district next? Districts need to create and enforce acceptable P2P trading policies

The demonstration combines Adaptec's iSCSI technology and ADIC's CentraVision File Sharing software to deliver true SAN file sharing over an IP network.

ADIC AND ADAPTEC DEMONSTRATE ISCSI FILE SHARING AT STORAGE NETWORKING WORLD

As long as the life insurance shared-ownership arrangement is fair and undertaken by reasonable adults not under any duress, the sharing of premium is unaffected by anything the government has stipulated about split-dollar plans, Young said.

Making Sense of Split-Dollar Plans

Last month's article described the challenges of shared file systems in general, and described the VERITAS SANPoint Foundation Suite HA, one software solution that meets the challenges of data sharing in clusters of computers.

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