单词 | share-out |
释义 | share-outn. Not used in North America. 1. A portion or share of the profits, income, etc., from something; a person's cut. ΚΠ 1864 Sussex Advertiser 3 Feb. (People's ed.) The share out amounted to 6s. 5d. each member, the reserve fund being about £100. 1963 Times 7 May 18/2 No, a share-out it may be—and each shareholder may have his own private, affectionate name for it—but in..the businesslike print of The Birmingham Post, ‘dividend’ is the better term. 1976 Scottish Daily Express 23 Dec. 6/2 Kilkerr was forced to accept his share-out from Soho vice bosses on Friday nights. 1994 Mariner's Mirror 80 147 The three-masted Mercer..was a major prize, and her crew could look forward to a large share-out. 2. An act of sharing something out, esp. of distributing profits, funds, etc., to those entitled to or claiming a share; the distribution or allocation of shares or portions of something.Originally with reference to the funds of share-out clubs (see Compounds 1). ΚΠ 1877 Sussex Advertiser 12 June 6/3 The members assembled at the Ram Hotel in the morning, and transacted the business of the share-out. 1942 M. R. Anand Lett. on India xviii. 157 We do not desire an international share-out of colonies, as we do not want to be shared out ourselves. 2021 Irish Independent (Nexis) 15 Oct. 12 Mr Coghlan said the share-out must be realistic. Compounds C1. British. As a modifier, designating a club, society, etc., set up as a short-term savings scheme in which participants regularly deposit a sum of money in order to receive a share of the funds at a specified date (typically Christmas), (in early use) esp. a type of friendly society formed by working-class labourers, intended to provide sickness pay for members, and typically administered by the landlord of a local pub, as in share-out club, share-out society. Cf. sharing n.2 Compounds 2a. Now historical. ΚΠ 1864 Sussex Advertiser 15 June (People's ed.) What is generally called or known by the name of ‘Share-out Clubs’ came into fashion. 1929 H. T. Wilkins Hunting Hidden Treasures i. 38 They were resolved into a committee of a share-out society. 1950 Dundee Courier 19 Dec. 2/1 I read in the London Correspondence column the other day that members of a share-out club each paid a halfpenny the first week and doubled their contributions in the following weeks. C2. share-out night n. British (now historical) an event, typically held shortly before Christmas, at which the proceeds of a share-out club are distributed among its members. ΚΠ 1878 Croydon Times 24 Aug. 3/4 Recollected that it was the 23rd December when he gave the dog, because it was the share out night of his club. 1909 Daily Chron. 17 Dec. 1/3 ‘Share-out night’ is a very big event..in the Sick and Provident Club. 1964 Sunday Tel. 6 Dec. 15/4 Many members..stay with the clubs because membership has become part of their lives, and they enjoy the fun of share-out night. 1994 P. Haydon Eng. Pub xxii. 286 During the Depression, the pub was a local means of self-help, where a box club was run and where, on share-out night, a big dinner was laid on. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1864 |
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