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Moiety

Moiety Meaning & Definition
Moiety Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Moiety?

[n] one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe
[n] one of two (approximately) equal parts

Synonyms | Synonyms for Moiety: mediety

Related Terms | Find terms related to Moiety: allotment | allowance | ashram | big end | bigger half | bisection | bit | bite | body | budget | butt | caste | chip | chunk | clan | class | clip | clipping | collop | colony | commission | commonwealth | commune | community | contingent | crumb | cut | cutting | deal | destiny | dividend | division | dole | dollop | economic class | end | endogamous group | equal share | equidistance | extended family | family | fate | fifty percent | fifty-fifty | fragment | gens | gob | gobbet | half | half-and-half | halfway house | halver | helping | hemisphere | hunk | interest | kinship group | lot | lump | measure | mediety | meed | member | mess | midcourse | mid-distance | middle distance | midway | modicum | morsel | nuclear family | order | parcel | paring | part | particle | percentage | phratria | phratry | phyle | piece | portion | proportion | quantum | quota | rake-off | rasher | ration | scoop | scrap | section | segment | semicircle | semisphere | settlement | shard | share | shaving | shiver | shred | slice | sliver | small share | smithereen | snack | snatch | snip | snippet | social class | society | splinter | stake | stitch | stock | stump | subcaste | tatter | totem

See Also | folk | half | one-half | social group | tribe

Moiety In Webster's Dictionary

\Moi"e*ty\, n.; pl. {Moieties}. [F. moiti['e], L. medietas, fr. medius middle, half. See {Mid}, a., and cf. {Mediate}, {Mediety}.] 1. One of two equal parts; a half; as, a moiety of an estate, of goods, or of profits; the moiety of a jury, or of a nation. --Shak. The more beautiful moiety of his majesty's subject. --Addison. 2. An indefinite part; a small part. --Shak.

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