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split

noun

  • Extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back. )
  • A bottle containing half the usual amount.
  • A promised or claimed share of loot or money.
    • usage: "he demanded his split before they disbanded"
  • A lengthwise crack in wood.
    • usage: "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log"
  • An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart.
    • usage: "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"
  • An old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea.
  • A dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts.
  • Tenpin bowling. ( a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl)
    • usage: "he was winning until he got a split in the tenth frame"
  • An increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity.
    • usage: "they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock"
  • The act of rending or ripping or splitting something.
    • usage: "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"
  • Division of a group into opposing factions.
    • usage: "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"

verb

  • Separate into parts or portions.
    • usage: "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
  • Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument.
    • usage: "cleave the bone"
  • Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways.
    • usage: "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
  • Go one's own way; move apart.
    • usage: "The friends separated after the party"
  • Come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure.
    • usage: "The bubble burst"

adjective

  • Having been divided; having the unity destroyed.
    • usage: "Congress... Gave the impression of... A confusing sum of disconnected local forces-Samuel Lubell; "a league of disunited nations- E. B. White; "a fragmented coalition"; "a split group"
  • Especially of wood. ( cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain)
    • usage: "we bought split logs for the fireplace"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
  • (n.) Any of the air currents in a mine formed by dividing a larger current.
  • (n.) A small bottle (containing about half a pint) of some drink; -- so called as containing half the quantity of the customary smaller commercial size of bottle; also, a drink of half the usual quantity; a half glass.
  • (n.) The feat of going down to the floor so that the legs extend in a straight line, either with one on each side or with one in front and the other behind.
  • (n.) Short for Split shot or stroke.
  • (a.) Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.
  • (a.) Of quotations, given in sixteenth, quotations in eighths being regular; as, 10/ is a split quotation.
  • (a.) Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price; -- said of an order, sale, etc.
  • (n.) Any of the three or four strips into which osiers are commonly cleft for certain kinds of work; -- usually in pl.
  • (n.) Any of the dents of a reed.
  • (v.t.) To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.
  • (a.) Divided deeply; cleft.
  • (v.i.) to divide one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value.
  • (n.) A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
  • (n.) the division by a player of one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value; the player is usually obliged to increase the amount wagered by placing a sum equal to the original bet on the new hand thus created.
  • (imp.&p.p.) of Split.
  • (v.i.) To part asunder; to be rent; to burst; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in them.
  • (v.i.) To burst with laughter.
  • (n.) A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.
  • (v.t.) To divide or separate into components; -- often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid.
  • (n.) Specif (Leather Manuf.), one of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
  • (v.t.) To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, especially by force; to divide in the direction of the grain layers; to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin.
  • (n.) A piece that is split off or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
  • (v.i.) To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.
  • (v.i.) To separate into parties or factions.
  • (n.) A crack or longitudinal fissure.
  • (v.i.) To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
  • (v.t.) To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to disunite.
  • (n.) the substitution of more than one share of a corporation's stock for one share. The market price of the stock usually drops in proportion to the increase in outstanding shares of stock. The split may be in any ratio, as a two-for-one split; a three-for-two split.
  • (a.) Divided; cleft.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

When a company increases the number of shares it has outstanding. In a two-for-one' Split', each share is split into two. The investor's percentage of equity in the company remains the same. So, if you had 100 shares valued at $50, each, after the split you would have 200 shares valued at $25 each. Companies often split their stock when the price gets too high. There are also reverse splits, when companies decrease the number of shares outstanding.

void

noun

  • The state of nonexistence.
  • An empty area or space.
    • usage: "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum"

verb

  • Declare invalid.
    • usage: "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
  • Clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle. of something)
    • usage: "The chemist voided the glass bottle"; "The concert hall was voided of the audience"
  • Take away the legal force of or render ineffective.
    • usage: "invalidate a contract"
  • Excrete or discharge from the body.

adjective

  • Lacking any legal or binding force.
    • usage: "null and void"
  • Containing nothing.
    • usage: "the earth was without form, and void"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Having no legal force or binding effect; a nullity; not enforceable. A' void' agreement is no contract at all. A void contract need not be disaffirmed, nor can it be ratified. A contract for an illegal purpose (for example, gambling) is void. A voidable contract is one that is able to be voided. Voidable implies a valid act that may be rejected by an act of disaffirmance, rather than an invalid act that may be confirmed. For example, if a minor contracts to buy a diamond ring, the contract can be voided by the minor because of lack of sufficient age. If, however, the minor elects to enforce the contract, the contract is valid and the other party cannot assert the minor's lack of age as a defense.

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