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Collocations for share - noun

1. part of sth that has been divided

ADJECTIVE

bigger, greater, higher, large, the lion's, major, significant, substantial
The region receives a higher share of tax revenue than it raises.
full
small
modest
a modest share of total exports
growing, increasing
5%, 10%, etc.
The wife owns an 80% share of their second home.
equal
disproportionate
The government devotes a disproportionate share of the budget to military expenditure.
proportionate
audience, market
to lose market share
to win market share
The supermarket giant has continued to gain market share.

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VERB + share

get, have, receive, take
You should receive a large share of the profits.
Hospitals take the lion's share of the budget.
increase, reduce
lose
Broadcast networks are losing share to cable networks.
be entitled to
She may be entitled to a share of his future earnings.
claim
Everyone wants to claim their share of fame and fortune.
contribute, do
We must all do our share of the work.

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PREPOSITION

share of
a reduced share of the vote
I accept my share of the blame.

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PHRASES

do your share of sth, have your share of sth, see your share of sth
He had done his share of partying in college.
She has seen her share of suffering.
The industry has had its fair share of problems.
a share of the spoils (BrE)
She won a share of the spoils at the last competition.

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2. in a company

→ See also stock

ADJECTIVE

ordinary (BrE)
preference (BrE), preferred (AmE)
penny (BrE)
outstanding
The stock dividend would increase the company's outstanding shares to a total of 1 100 000.
additional
company's
The company's shares slumped 11%.

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VERB + share

acquire, buy, get, invest in, purchase
have, hold (formal), own
dump (informal), sell
deal in, trade in
a new company dealing in US shares
float, issue
The company has issued four classes of shares.

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share + VERB

trade
The shares were trading at $1.10.
go up, rise
American shares rose 2.7% the next day.
fall

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share + NOUN

price, value
Hong Kong share prices plunged.
valuation
certificate
portfolio
index
the FTSE 100 share index
capital
option, scheme (both BrE)
The Chief Executive's share option has earned him over £2 million.
ownership
transaction, transfer
purchase
buy-back
The group recently announced a £300 m share buy-back.
issue, offer, offering, sale
A share issue has been launched to finance the restoration of the building.
dealing
allegations of illegal share dealings

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PREPOSITION

share in
I have a few shares in the gas compny.

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PHRASES

a class of shares
stocks and shares (BrE)
I have some money in stocks and shares.
the value of your shares
Will this affect the value of my shares?

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Collocations for share - verb

ADVERB

fully
knowledge that others cannot fully share
equally
We shared the money equally between the three of us.
broadly, freely
an environment where information is freely shared

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VERB + share

want to, would like to
be prepared to, be willing to
experienced teachers willing to share their expertise with others
be reluctant to
be forced to, have to
agree to
refuse to
let sb
She wished he would let her share his pain.

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PREPOSITION

among
The patterns are shared among the potters.
between
Responsibility is shared between parents and teachers.
in
He shared in our enthusiasm for rowing.
with
She had to share a bedroom with her sister.

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PHRASES

widely shared
These ideas are widely shared in the community.

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Share is used with these nouns as the object:
affinity, ancestor, ancestry, anecdote, anxiety, apartment, appreciation, bed, bedroom, belief, bill, birthday, blame, bond, booty, border, bottle, boundary, burden, cab, characteristic, common ground, confidence, connection, conviction, cost, custody, data, descent, desire, detail, disappointment, duty, embrace, emotion, enthusiasm, experience, expertise, faith, fascination, fate, feature, feeling, file, flat, food, goal, grief, heritage, honour, hope, house, idea, ideal, identity, ideology, impression, information, insight, instinct, intelligence, interest, joke, joy, kiss, knowledge, laugh, liking, limelight, load, love, memory, misery, misgivings, money, name, needle, news, opinion, optimism, origin, pain, passion, philosophy, platform, point of view, power, prize, profit, prosperity, recipe, recollection, resource, responsibility, room, scepticism, screen, secret, sentiment, similarity, skill, sorrow, sovereignty, space, spoils, spotlight, stage, story, suffering, suspicion, syringe, taste, taxi, tent, thought, tradition, trait, value, view, viewpoint, vision, wealth, workload, worry

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