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moiety [ˈmɔɪɪtɪ] n pl -ties Archaic 1. a half 2. one of two parts or divisions of something [from Old French moitié, from Latin mediētās middle, from medius] Moiety a half; the better half; a small part; a lease; a share, portion, or quantity. Examples: the moiety of the human species; of a scruple, 1641.
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Their mother had nothing, and their father only seven thousand pounds in his own disposal; for the remaining moiety of his first wife's fortune was also secured to her child, and he had only a life-interest in it. Pott, permanently retired with the faithful bodyguard upon one moiety or half part of the annual income and profits arising from the editorship and sale of the Eatanswill GAZETTE. Breakfast being at length over, Mr Codlin called the bill, and charging the ale to the company generally (a practice also savouring of misanthropy) divided the sum-total into two fair and equal parts, assigning one moiety to himself and friend, and the other to Nelly and her grandfather. |
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