divvy

verb

div·​vy ˈdi-vē How to pronounce divvy (audio)
divvied; divvying; divvies

transitive verb

: divide, share
divvy a pie
Between now and then, managing the divestiture will eat up much of Allen's time—he must divvy tens of billions of dollars in assets …David Kirkpatrick
Instead of divvying the spoils of a $12-$18 CD sale, labels, artists and songwriters are vying for nickels and dimes from 99 cent downloads.Brian Garrity
usually used with up
We divvied up the chores.
Money is easier to divvy up than property, …Susan E. Kuhn
When the time comes to divvy up the school funding pie, maintenance departments wait patiently in line for their slice of resources.Mike Kennedy
Early evidence suggests there has been a significant shift in how fiscal responsibilities are divvied up among the federal government, and state and local governments.Grant A. Driessen and Joseph S. Hughes

Examples of divvy in a Sentence

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Pack lunch the night before—and divvy it up wisely. Caroline Tien, SELF, 1 Jan. 2025 In 2014, Patterson also donated $1 million to bookstores, divvied up into prizes of $15,000 per store. Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024 Because of the way that the S & P 500 money is divvied up, the share base becomes overwhelmingly index-fund based and the index fund shareholders do not sell. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024 There are no terms to be agreed on, no spheres of influence to be divvied between them. Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for divvy 

Word History

Etymology

by shortening & alteration from divide

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of divvy was in 1877

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“Divvy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/divvy. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.

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