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Moiety

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.

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

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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