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moiety


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Moiety  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  moiety 
  n  1:  one  of  two  (approximately)  equal  parts  [syn:  {mediety}] 
  2:  one  of  two  basic  subdivisions  of  a  tribe 




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