equal share
collocation in Englishmeaningsofequalandshare
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equal
adjective
uk/ˈiː.kwəl/us/ˈiː.kwəl/
the same in amount, number, ...
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share
noun
uk/ʃeər/us/ʃer/
a part of something that has been divided between ...
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(Definition ofequalandsharefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofequal share
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A second defining feature of co-operatives is that their members are entitled to anequalshareof profits.
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Only spouses and children normally stand to inherit, and it is considered ideal to give each child anequalshareof the estate.
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At time t = 100 all prices are live-traded prices, and the agents are reinitialized toequalshare- and cash holdings.
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In such a context a person's fair-share is anequalshare, and that is equal to the mean.
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On the surface, however, there is no reason to believe that each class should get anequalshareof the available support.
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In a class action, ex ante, plaintiffs each have anequalsharein the one-in-thirteen chance of recovering.
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They argued that marriage did not deprive them of the right to receive anequalshareof the parental property.
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Some refuse to cook, while the others insist on doing no more than anequalshareof cooking.
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The "equalshare" resolution was defeated by a 47-38 vote.
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In any case, patrilineal descent ideology was underscored by norms of partible inheritance, where each brother was entitled to anequalshareof the family's property.
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The short answer is that we are concerned with equality, and in such a context a person's fair share is anequalshare, and that is equal to the mean.
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Only now were they told they would all receive anequalsharein the voyage, which led to regret that they had not engaged more energetically in their hunting.
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No one presumes to measure whether each patient has received a fair orequalshareof available resources, and no one stops to assess who is more or less advantaged.
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In the case of collective community management, all community members are supposed to participate equally in protection and management and receive a more or lessequalshareof the benefit.
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Zucker has a second argument for the right to anequalshareof some portion of national income.
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They formed a joint subsidiary and took an equal risk and anequalsharein the profits.
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Up till now, bus companies have run the bus services with the railways taking anequalshareinterest in the undertakings.
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They will ask how long are the others to discriminate against them, to deny them anequalsharein the control of nuclear arms?
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