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share

 
 
/ʃeər/ noun [C]

Translation

BUSINESS one of the equal parts that the value of a company is divided into when it is owned by a group of people
hisse, pay
to buy/sell shares We own shares in a number of companies. Share prices have fallen for the third day running.1414
PART a part of something that has been divided
pay, hisse, parça, bölüm, kısım
[usually singular] When am I going to get my share of the money?799
have your (fair) share of sth to have a lot of something and enough of it, usually something bad
payına düşeni yeterince almak; kendi hissesine düşeni almak
We've had our fair share of rain already this summer.799
(Definition of share noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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