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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MOI'ETY, n. [L. medietas.] The half; one of two equal parts; as a moiety of an estate, of goods or of profits; the moiety of a jury or of a nation.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: one of two (approximately) equal parts [syn: moiety, mediety]
2: one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -ties) Etymology: Middle English moite, from Anglo-French meité, moité, from Late Latin medietat-, medietas, from Latin medius middle — more at mid Date: 15th century 1. a. one of two equal parts ; half b. one of two approximately equal parts 2. one of the portions into which something is divided ; component, part <an ether molecule with a benzene moiety> 3. one of two basic complementary tribal subdivisions

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) Law or literary 1 a half. 2 each of the two parts into which a thing is divided. Etymology: ME f. OF moité, moitié f. L medietas -tatis middle f. medius (adj.) middle

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Moiety Moi"e*ty, n.; pl. Moieties. [F. moiti['e], L. medietas, fr. medius middle, half. See Mid, a., and cf. Mediate, Mediety.] 1. One of two equal parts; a half; as, a moiety of an estate, of goods, or of profits; the moiety of a jury, or of a nation. --Shak. The more beautiful moiety of his majesty's subject. --Addison. 2. An indefinite part; a small part. --Shak.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Half. 2. Portion, share, part.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Half, but vulgarly used to signify a share or portion: as, He will come in for a small moiety.

Moby Thesaurus

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