joint
adjective /dʒɔɪnt/Definition
B2 belonging to or shared between two or more people: a joint bank account The project was a joint effort between the two schools (= they worked on it together). The two Russian ice skaters came joint second (= they were both given second prize) in the world championships. In court, the parents were awarded joint custody of their son (= the right to care for him was shared between them).Sharing jointly /dʒɔɪnt.li/ adverb C1 The Channel Tunnel was jointly funded by the French and British.Acting, being or existing together
(Definition of joint adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- allocate verb
- allot verb
- allotment noun (SHARE)
- apportion verb
- carpool noun (CARS)
- collective adjective
- distribute verb
- distribution noun
- divide/split (sth) down the middle idiom
- divvy sth up phrasal verb
- double up phrasal verb
- fifty-fifty adverb, adjective
- half noun, pronoun, predeterminer, adjective, adverb
- portion sth out phrasal verb
- ration noun
- ration sth out phrasal verb
- redistribute verb
- share and share alike idiom
- split verb (DIVIDE)
- whack noun (SHARE)
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