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shares

NOUN
portion, allotment
Synonyms
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contribution dividend division interest part percentage proportion stake
STRONG
allowance apportionment bite chunk claim commission cut divide divvy dose drag due end fraction fragment helping heritage lagniappe lot measure meed parcel piece pittance plum points quantum quota quotient rake-off ration segment serving slice split taste whack
WEAK
cut in cut up fifty-fifty halver partage quotum
Antonyms
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whole
STRONG
entirety total
VERB
use in common with others
Synonyms
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distribute divide experience participate receive split
STRONG
accord administer allot apportion assign bestow deal dispense divvy part partake partition prorate quota ration shift slice yield
WEAK
be a party to cut the pie divide with divvy up dole out give and take give out go Dutch go fifty-fifty go halves go in with have a hand in have a portion of mete out parcel out pay half piece up slice up split up take a part of
Antonyms
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collect combine gather hold join keep maintain
STRONG
deny disallow disapprove oppose refuse take unite withhold
WEAK
be selfish

Example Sentences

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Netflix shares dropped 9.7% Friday after the streaming giant reported disappointing guidance and said Chairman and co-founder Reed Hastings will step down from the board after his term expires in June.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

For the year, Amazon shares have advanced 8.6%.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

The higher egg prices sent Cal-Maine’s profits and its stock higher, although shares have since retreated from the record highs they reached last year.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

American shares fell 1% in after-hours trading, while United shares edged higher.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Each morning when she wakes up in the pink bedroom she shares with Theo, she tells Vincent in this first letter, she looks “straight at that beautiful flowering peach tree of yours.”

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman