menu_book

Definition

To divide possessions, benefits, or obligations equally among members of a group.

chat_bubble_outline

In Context

  • ""Our money will soon be gone at that rate," said Jack soberly. "Mine is already gone." "No, it isn't, Jack. We are going to share and share alike, you know.""
  • "To be sure, until now they had always shared and shared alike, but here was the first great lump of good-luck that had ever fallen in his way, and he was not for spoiling it by cutting it in two to give half to a poor beggar-man such as his brother."
  • "In Wisconsin, the childhood rule to share and share alike became the law of the land for married couples under the state's new marital property law."