half-share

[ haf-shair, hahf- ]

noun

1. a share, as in profits, equal to one half.
2. a claim to half the income from a share of stock.

Example Sentences

For our own sake we ought to throw off the pretense of incapacity and ask that we be given a half share in them.

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The best I can do for you is a half share of one of the attics.

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You can have a bed all to yourself for five shillings, but you can't have more than a half share of the room it stands in.

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The bookseller secretly resolved to admit the good woman to a half share of the profits of her 'heirship,' and 'Chrysal' appeared.

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At the close of Salvini's engagement I handed him 8,000 for his half-share of the profits, retaining a like amount for myself.

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