MOIETY

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One of two equal parts; a half; as, a moiety of an estate, of goods, or of profits; the moiety of a jury, or of a nation. Shak. The more beautiful moiety of his majesty's subject. Addison.

2.
n.

An indefinite part; a small part. Shak.


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