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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: short for dividend; especially one paid by a cooperative society

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (divvied; divvying) Etymology: by shortening & alteration from divide Date: 1877 divide, share — usually used with up

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. (also divi) colloq. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 Brit. a dividend; a share, esp. of profits earned by a cooperative. 2 a distribution. --v.tr. (-ies, -ied) (often foll. by up) share out; divide. Etymology: abbr. of DIVIDEND

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(divvies, divvying, divvied) If you call someone a divvy, you are saying in a humorous way that you think they are rather foolish. (BRIT INFORMAL) N-COUNT