share

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noun

1 part of sth that has been divided

ADJECTIVE

▪ bigger, greater, higher, large, the lion's, major, significant, substantial

▪

The region receives a higher share of tax revenue than it raises.

▪ full

▪ small

▪ modest

▪

a modest share of total exports

▪ growing, increasing

▪ 5%, 10%, etc.

▪

The wife owns an 80% share of their second home.

▪ equal

▪ disproportionate

▪

The government devotes a disproportionate share of the budget to military expenditure.

▪ proportionate

▪ audience, market

▪

to lose market share

▪

to win market share

▪

The supermarket giant has continued to gain market share.

VERB + SHARE

▪ get, have, receive, take

▪

You should receive a large share of the profits.

▪

Hospitals take the lion's share of the budget.

▪ increase, reduce

▪ lose

▪

Broadcast networks are losing share to cable networks.

▪ be entitled to

▪

She may be entitled to a share of his future earnings.

▪ claim

▪

Everyone wants to claim their share of fame and fortune.

▪ contribute, do

▪

We must all do our share of the work.

PREPOSITION

▪ share of

▪

a reduced share of the vote

▪

I accept my share of the blame.

PHRASES

▪ do your share of sth, have your share of sth, see your share of sth

▪

He had done his share of partying in college.

▪

She has seen her share of suffering.

▪

The industry has had its fair share of problems.

▪ a share of the spoils (BrE)

▪

She won a share of the spoils at the last competition.

2 in a company ⇨ See also ↑stock

ADJECTIVE

▪ ordinary (BrE)

▪ preference (BrE), preferred (AmE)

▪ penny (BrE)

▪ outstanding

▪

The stock dividend would increase the company's outstanding shares to a total of 1 100 000.

▪ additional

▪ company's

▪

The company's shares slumped 11%.

VERB + SHARE

▪ acquire, buy, get, invest in, purchase

▪ have, hold (formal), own

▪ dump (informal), sell

▪ deal in, trade in

▪

a new company dealing in US shares

▪ float, issue

▪

The company has issued four classes of shares.

SHARE + VERB

▪ trade

▪

The shares were trading at $1.10.

▪ go up, rise

▪

American shares rose 2.7% the next day.

▪ fall

SHARE + NOUN

▪ price, value

▪

Hong Kong share prices plunged.

▪ valuation

▪ certificate

▪ portfolio

▪ index

▪

the FTSE 100 share index

▪ capital

▪ option, scheme (both BrE)

▪

The Chief Executive's share option has earned him over £2 million.

▪ ownership

▪ transaction, transfer

▪ purchase

▪ buy-back

▪

The group recently announced a £300 m share buy-back.

▪ issue, offer, offering, sale

▪

A share issue has been launched to finance the restoration of the building.

▪ dealing

▪

allegations of illegal share dealings

PREPOSITION

▪ share in

▪

I have a few shares in the gas compny.

PHRASES

▪ a class of shares

▪ stocks and shares (BrE)

▪

I have some money in stocks and shares.

▪ the value of your shares

▪

Will this affect the value of my shares?

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verb

ADVERB

▪ fully

▪

knowledge that others cannot fully share

▪ equally

▪

We shared the money equally between the three of us.

▪ broadly, freely

▪

an environment where information is freely shared

VERB + SHARE

▪ want to, would like to

▪ be prepared to, be willing to

▪

experienced teachers willing to share their expertise with others

▪ be reluctant to

▪ be forced to, have to

▪ agree to

▪ refuse to

▪ let sb

▪

She wished he would let her share his pain.

PREPOSITION

▪ among

▪

The patterns are shared among the potters.

▪ between

▪

Responsibility is shared between parents and teachers.

▪ in

▪

He shared in our enthusiasm for rowing.

▪ with

▪

She had to share a bedroom with her sister.

PHRASES

▪ widely shared

▪

These ideas are widely shared in the community.

Share is used with these nouns as the object: ↑affinity, ↑ancestor, ↑ancestry, ↑anecdote, ↑anxiety, ↑apartment, ↑appreciation, ↑bed, ↑bedroom, ↑belief, ↑bill, ↑birthday, ↑blame, ↑bond, ↑booty, ↑border, ↑bottle, ↑boundary, ↑burden, ↑cab, ↑characteristic, ↑common ground, ↑confidence, ↑connection, ↑conviction, ↑cost, ↑custody, ↑data, ↑descent, ↑desire, ↑detail, ↑disappointment, ↑duty, ↑embrace, ↑emotion, ↑enthusiasm, ↑experience, ↑expertise, ↑faith, ↑fascination, ↑fate, ↑feature, ↑feeling, ↑file, ↑flat, ↑food, ↑goal, ↑grief, ↑heritage, ↑honour, ↑hope, ↑house, ↑idea, ↑ideal, ↑identity, ↑ideology, ↑impression, ↑information, ↑insight, ↑instinct, ↑intelligence, ↑interest, ↑joke, ↑joy, ↑kiss, ↑knowledge, ↑laugh, ↑liking, ↑limelight, ↑load, ↑love, ↑memory, ↑misery, ↑misgivings, ↑money, ↑name, ↑needle, ↑news, ↑opinion, ↑optimism, ↑origin, ↑pain, ↑passion, ↑philosophy, ↑platform, ↑point of view, ↑power, ↑prize, ↑profit, ↑prosperity, ↑recipe, ↑recollection, ↑resource, ↑responsibility, ↑room, ↑scepticism, ↑screen, ↑secret, ↑sentiment, ↑similarity, ↑skill, ↑sorrow, ↑sovereignty, ↑space, ↑spoils, ↑spotlight, ↑stage, ↑story, ↑suffering, ↑suspicion, ↑syringe, ↑taste, ↑taxi, ↑tent, ↑thought, ↑tradition, ↑trait, ↑value, ↑view, ↑viewpoint, ↑vision, ↑wealth, ↑workload, ↑worry