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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 805 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g.
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land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )  , something cut off, a portion, a definite
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part of anything distributed among a number of persons . The word is particularly applied to the fixed and equal amounts into which the
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capital of a limited
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company is divided (see
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STOCKS AND SHARES; COMPANY; and
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DEBENTURES) . From the same O . Eng. verb
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saran is derived "
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share " (0 . Eng. scear), the cutting blade of a plough (q.v.) .

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