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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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Truist analyst Youssef Squali on Friday raised his Amazon stock price target to $285 from $280 and maintained a Buy rating on the shares.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

Meta shares rose 1.7% Friday’s regular trading, but were recently down 0.1% in the after-hours session.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Blue Owl Capital’s co-CEOs are removing one drag on its stock by revising the terms of personal loans they took out against their shares.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

He has a $450 target price on the shares, which rose 2% to $406.54 Friday.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

In the early 1990s, the first subprime mortgage lenders—The Money Store, Greentree, Aames—sold shares to the public, so that they might grow faster.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis