The Only Use
moiety
in
Sense and Sensibility
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- Their mother had nothing, and their father only seven thousand pounds in his own disposal; for the remaining moiety of his first wife's fortune was also secured to her child, and he had only a life-interest in it.†
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Definitions:
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(moiety) a portion or share -- especially one of two (approximately) equal parts
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In chemistry, a moiety references a significant segment, portion or part of a molecule. Historically, moiety denoted half of a tribal family. The term was also used in law to denote an interest in real property.