Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

(moi′ē̍-ty̆)

Noun.

;

pl.

Moieties

(moi′ē̍-tĭz)

[F.

moitié

, L.

medietas

, fr.

medius

middle, half. See

Adj.

, and cf.

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.

An indefinite part; a small part.

Shak.

Noun.

[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.