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moiety
/ˈmɔɪ.ə.ti/
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What does moiety mean?
noun
- A half.
- A share or portion, especially a smaller share.
- Each descent group in a culture which is divided exactly into two descent groups.
More meanings (1)
noun
- A specific segment of a molecule.
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IPA pronunciation
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I dare thereupon pawn the moiety of my estate to your ring, which, in my opinion, o’ervalues it something.
Tom divided the cake and Becky ate with good appetite, while Tom nibbled at his moiety.
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Farmer Oak had one-and-a-half Christian characteristics too many to succeed with Bathsheba: his humility, and a superfluous moiety of honesty.
I generally contrived to reserve a moiety of this bounteous repast for myself; but the remainder I was invariably obliged to part with.
“Half the sum my present necessities compel me to accept; of the remaining half, distribute one moiety among yourselves, sir squires, and divide the other half betwixt the heralds and the pursuivants, and minstrels, and attendants.”