divvy

verb

div·​vy ˈdi-vē 

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Fleck said in spring practices reps will divvied up between QBs in different groups, not necessarily with first-, second- and third-string designations. —Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 20 Mar. 2025

The administration’s pause on federal grants for water cuts, which have since been reinstated, threw a wrench into negotiations between seven Western states on how to divvy up a dwindling and overused Colorado River – negotiations managed by Reclamation with critical deadlines approaching. —Ella Nilsen, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025

The three boundaries divvied up the solar system planets equally well. —Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025

Torres-Garcia, Ocasio Justiniano and others divvied up the money among themselves after killing her, according to court records. —Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

by shortening & alteration from divide

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for divvy

• privy