divvy
pronunciation
How to pronounce divvy in British English:
UK [ˈdɪvi]
How to pronounce divvy in American English:
US [ˈdɪvi]
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- Noun:
- short for dividend; especially one paid by a cooperative society
Word Origin
- divvy (v.)
- 1872, American English, originally a noun, a slang shortening of dividend; the verb was in use by 1877 and is primary now (the noun is not in "Webster's New World Dictionary"), leading some (such as "Webster's") to think the word is a slang alteration of divide. Related: Divvying. In early 20c. British slang the same word was a shortening of divine (adj.).
Example
- 1. In economic games that ask people to divvy up piles of cash , subjects tend to be more generous when experimenters merely display pictures of eyes .
- 2. Rather than generating real wealth , courage campaign wishes more money to be confiscated from the productive members of the state and given to bureaucrats to divvy how they see fit .
- 3. There 's also a reason celebrities like sandra bullock filed for divorce there . It 's one of the least friendly states in the spousal support arena and tends to divvy up property rather than cash .
- 4. When you pay $ 80 or so each month for cable , roughly half goes to the cable company to pay for the cost of building and maintaining the infrastructure to transport the content , and the other half goes to the media companies , which divvy it up among channels .
- 5. In what way did the complex mind divvy up its chores ?