share
A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.
Example
“Each of the robbers took a share of the loot.”
Other meanings
A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.
A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network.
“Upload media from the browser or directly to the file share.”
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "sċearu".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “share” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.