Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Division; partition; the act of dividing or sharing.
  • noun Part: portion; share.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Division; the act of dividing or sharing.
  • noun obsolete Part; portion; share.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A part, portion or share.
  • noun Division, sharing; the act of portioning out or dividing up.
  • noun archaic, archaeology The one-time standard practice of the divvying up of artifacts between archaeologists, their patrons and the host territory.

Etymologies

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From Middle French partage, from partir ("to share").

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  • "Dr. Cuno advocates the revival of partage, the traditional system in which archeologists digging in foreign countries would give some of their discoveries to the host country and take others home." - New York Times, 11/16/2009

    November 18, 2009