Hypertext Webster Gateway: "moiety"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
moiety
n 1: one of two (approximately) equal parts [syn: {mediety}]
2: one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe
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