Moiety

  • 31moiety — noun (countable + of) law or literary a half share …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 32Moiety — ♦ Literally half, commonly with reference to a half a tenth. (Heath, Peter. Church and Realm, 1272 1461, 364) …

    Medieval glossary

  • 33moiety — n 1. half, fifty percent, equal part; bisection, hemisphere, semisphere. 2. fraction, piece, segment, part, portion, division, subdivision, slice; fragment, bit, particle, mite, trifle; morsel, crumb, chip, chunk, scrap, snip, snippet, shaving;… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 34moiety — moi·e·ty …

    English syllables

  • 35moiety — UK [ˈmɔɪətiː] / US noun [countable] formal one of two parts of something …

    English dictionary

  • 36moiety — moi•e•ty [[t]ˈmɔɪ ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) a half 2) an indefinite portion, part, or share 3) ant (in certain unilateral societies or communities) one of the two descent groups into which the population falls • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME moite… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 37moiety — /ˈmɔɪəti / (say moyuhtee) noun (plural moieties) 1. a half. 2. an indefinite portion. 3. Anthropology a. one of two units into which a tribe is divided on the basis of unilineal descent. b. (in Aboriginal culture) a similar division of the… …

  • 38moiety —   n. half; small portion …

    Dictionary of difficult words

  • 39moiety —    another name for a half, from the French moitié …

    Dictionary of units of measurement

  • 40moiety — /moyadiy/ The half of anything. Joint tenants are said to hold by moieties. See also community property Compare entirety …

    Black's law dictionary

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