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Another word for divvy

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Verb

  1. To give out in portions or shares

    See also:

    collect

Noun

  1. That which is allotted

      1. To penetrate with a sharp edge; strike a narrow opening in.
      2. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever:
      3. To sever the edges or ends of; shorten:
      1. To divide (something) from end to end, into layers, or along the grain:
      2. To cause to be split unintentionally:
      3. To cause to undergo nuclear fission or division into elements:
      1. A part or portion belonging to, distributed to, contributed by, or owed by a person or group:
      2. An equitable portion:
      3. One of the equal parts into which the capital stock of a company is divided:
      1. A fixed portion, especially an amount of food allotted to persons in military service or to civilians in times of scarcity.
      2. Food issued or available to members of a group.
      3. To supply with rations.
      1. A proportional share, as of goods, assigned to a group or to each member of a group; an allotment.
      2. A production assignment.
      3. A number or percentage, especially of people, constituting or designated as an upper limit:
      1. The smallest amount of a physical quantity that can exist independently, especially a discrete quantity of electromagnetic radiation.
      2. This amount of energy regarded as a unit.
      3. A quantity or amount.
      1. A section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole.
      2. A part separated from a whole.
      3. A helping of food.
      1. A portion, division, piece, or segment of a whole.
      2. Any of several equal portions or fractions that can constitute a whole or into which a whole can be divided:
      3. A division of a book or artistic work such as a film:
      1. A reference standard or sample used for the quantitative comparison of properties:
      2. A unit specified by a scale, such as an inch, or by variable conditions, such as a day's march.
      3. A system of measurement, such as the metric system.
      1. A large extent, amount, or number:
      2. Used adverbially to mean “to a great degree or extent” or “frequently”:
      3. A number of associated people or things:
      1. The distribution by the government of relief payments to the unemployed.
      2. A share of money, food, or clothing that has been charitably given:
      3. One's fate.
      1. The act of allowing.
      2. An amount that is allowed or granted:
      3. Something, such as money, given at regular intervals or for a specific purpose:
      1. The act of allotting:
      2. Something allotted:
      1. an allocating or being allocated
      2. a thing or amount allocated
    See also:

    collect

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Sentence Examples

  • His back was aching by the time he hauled the last chest to the patio behind the inn where the raiders could divvy the spoils.

  • If you find yourself with money leftover in the same envelopes several times in a row, adjust the amount in the envelope off the top, putting it into a savings account before you even divvy up the cash.

  • If he doesn't drive her as crazy as he does me, divvy up shifts with him, he said.

  • Divvy up the list of errors into three separate piles and write up formal disputes for everything that is the slightest inaccurate.

  • Decide how you would like to divvy up your calories and build your own sample menus around the foods you like to eat and how often you like to eat throughout the day.

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