divvy

verb

div·vy ˈdi-vē

divvied; divvying; divvies

: 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

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Take care to remember that your moving crew will usually consist of multiple people, so that percentage will be divvied up between all the movers. —

Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2024 Becker said about $80.5 million will be returned to the other states, and around $13.8 million will be divvied up among California schools. —

Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024 When flying, my family saves on baggage fees by bringing one big suitcase filled with everyone’s cubes to divvy up later. —

Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 21 Oct. 2024 Each day, Mendoza will have to decide how to divvy up playing time in the outfield among Marte, Jesse Winker, Harrison Bader and Tyrone Taylor. —

Tim Britton, The Athletic, 19 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for divvy