| 单词 | split |
| 释义 | split split // verb, noun
■ verb (splitting, split, split)
1 [+ obj] split sth (between sb/sth) | split sth (with sb) to divide money, property, etc. into two or more parts and share it between different people: The five executives will split $44 million between them. She split the proceeds of the sale with her children. Split your money between stocks, bonds and cash.
2 [+ obj or no obj] split (sth) (into sth) to divide into two or more parts; to make sth do this: The group will be split into four divisions. Companies were advised to split the role of chief executive and chairman. ⇨ SPLIT UP, SPLIT STH UP
3 [+ obj or no obj] split (sth) (from sth) to leave a company or group and become an independent company; to make part of a company do this: plans for the firm's European operations to split from the US business
4 (Finance ) [+ obj] if a company splits shares, it divides its capital into more shares so that each share has a lower value: The company said it would split shares two-for-one.
IDIOMS
split sth 50-50 to divide sth so that each person gets or pays half: Social security costs are split 50-50 between employer and employee. SPLIT noun (1)
split the difference (when discussing a price, etc.) to agree on an amount that is exactly half way between the two amounts that have been suggested: They offered £2 000 and I wanted £2 500, so we agreed to split the difference.
PHRASAL VERBS
split up; split sth up to divide sth into two or more parts; to make sth do this: Splitting up the group would have been impossible. SPLIT verb (2), SPLIT-UP
■ noun [C]
REVERSE SPLIT, SHARE SPLIT
1 a way of dividing sth: a 50-50 split between shares and bonds (= half shares and half bonds)
2 (Finance ) = STOCK SPLIT: The board has proposed a two-for-one split of common shares. |
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