n.
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English
Date: 14th century
1 : a meat dish baked with biscuit or pastry crust ― compare POTPIE
2 : a dessert consisting of a filling (as of fruit or custard) in a pastry shell or topped with pastry or both
3 a : AFFAIR , BUSINESS <she wanted her finger ⋯ in every possible social pie ― Mary Deasy> b : a whole regarded as divisible into shares <giving the less fortunate ⋯ a larger share of the economic pie ― R. M. Hutchins>