moiety

n., pl., -ties.

1. A half.
2. A part, portion, or share.
3. Anthropology. Either of two kinship groups based on unilateral descent that together make up a tribe or society.

[Middle English moite, from Old French meitiet, moitie, from Late Latin medietās, from Latin, middle, from medius, middle.]

A characteristic part of a molecule. For example, in the ester C₂H₅COOCH₃, the OCH₃ can be regarded as the alcohol (methanol) moiety.

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(MOI-i-tee)

noun
1. A half.
2. A portion.

Etymology
From Latin medius (middle). Ultimately from the Indo-European root medhyo- (middle) that's also the source of middle, mean, medium, medal (originally a coin worth a halfpenny), mezzanine, and mediocre

Usage
"Amazingly, Carbery failed to score in the opening moiety." — Ballincollig Impress; The Southern Star (Skibbereen, Ireland); Jun 16, 2007.

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One-half.

Joint tenants own their estate by the moiety.

See: joint tenancy.

Any equal part; a half; also any part or portion, such as a portion of a molecule.

1) one of two equal parts: half; one of two approximately equal portions  2) component, part; obs.  a small portion: fraction

IN BRIEF: Half. Also: One part of something.

Split the pie in two and each person will get their own moiety.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - halvdel, del

Nederlands (Dutch)
helft

Français (French)
n. - moitié, partie, portion

Deutsch (German)
n. - Hälfte, Teil

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (το) ήμισυ, μισό

Italiano (Italian)
metà

Português (Portuguese)
n. - metade (f), porção indefinida (f)

Русский (Russian)
половина, доля, супруга

Español (Spanish)
n. - mitad, parte, porción

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hälft, del

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
一半, 应得之份, 一部份

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 一半, 應得之份, 一部份

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 일부분, 절반

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 半分, 一部分, 部分

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نصف, شطر, جزء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מחצית, חצי‬

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