A PIECE / SLICE / SHARE OF THE PIE

Meaning of A PIECE / SLICE / SHARE OF THE PIE in English

a share of sth such as money, profits, etc.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

SLICE — I. ˈslīs noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English sklise, slice, from Middle French esclice, esclisse splinter, thin piece of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHARE — I. ˈshe](ə)r, ˈsha(a)], ]ə\ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, pubic region, due portion, share, from Old English scearu …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PIECE — I. ˈpēs noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English pece, piece, from Old French, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin pettia, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PIE — I. ˈpī noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pica; akin to Latin picus woodpecker, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLICE — (v. t.) A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of …
Английский словарь Webster
PIE — (n.) An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken pie; venison …
Английский словарь Webster
SLICE — ( v. t. ) A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PIE — ( n. ) An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SLICE — — sliceable , adj. — slicingly , adv. /sluys/ , n. , v. , sliced, slicing . n. 1. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PIECE
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PIE — pie 1 — pielike , adj. /puy/ , n. 1. a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SLICE — I. ˈslīs verb ( sliced ; slic·ing ) Etymology: Middle English sklicen, from Anglo-French esclicer to splinter, of Germanic origin; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHARE — I. ˈsher noun Etymology: Middle English schare, from Old English scear; akin to Old High German scaro plowshare, Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PIE — I. ˈpī noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin pica; akin to Latin picus woodpecker, Old High German speh …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SLICE — vt a salver, platter, or tray. 2. slice ·vt a broad, thin piece of plaster. 3. slice ·vt a removable …
Webster English vocab
SHARE — v the pubes; the sharebone. 2. share ·vi to have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer …
Webster English vocab
PIECE — noun a castle; a fortified building. 2. piece ·noun one of the superior men, distinguished from a pawn. 3. piece …
Webster English vocab
PIE — noun ·see camp, ·noun, 5. 2. pie ·noun the service book. 3. pie ·vt ·see pi. 4. pie ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
SLICE — [slice] vb sliced ; slic.ing [ME sklicen, fr. MF esclicier to splinter, fr. OF, of Gmc origin; akin to OHG …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHARE — [share] n [ME schare, fr. OE scear; akin to OHG scaro plowshare, OE scieran to cut--more at shear] (bef. 12c): …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PIE — [pie] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. L pica; akin to L picus woodpecker, OHG speh] (13c ): magpie [2]pie n …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PIE — dish made by lining a shallow container with pastry (q.v.) and filling the container with a sweet or savoury mixture. …
Britannica English vocabulary
SLICE — / slaɪs; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a thin flat piece of food that has been cut …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHARE — / ʃeə(r); NAmE ʃer/ verb , noun ■ verb USE AT SAME TIME 1. share (sth) (with sb) to have …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PIECE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PIE — / paɪ; NAmE / noun [ C , U ] 1. fruit baked in a dish with pastry on the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLICE — I. slice 1 S3 /slaɪs/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: esclice 'thin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHARE — I. share 1 S1 W1 /ʃeə $ ʃer/ BrE AmE verb 1 . USE TOGETHER [intransitive and transitive] to have …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PIECE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PIE — pie S2 /paɪ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: Perhaps from pie 'magpie' ( ⇨ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHARE — n. & v. --n. 1 a portion that a person receives from or gives to a common amount. 2 a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PIECE — n. & v. --n. 1 a (often foll. by of) one of the distinct portions forming part of or broken …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PIE — n. 1 a baked dish of meat, fish, fruit, etc., usu. with a top and base of pastry. 2 anything …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SLICE — n. & v. n. 1 a thin broad piece or wedge cut off or out esp. from meat or bread …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHARE — n. & v. n. 1 a portion that a person receives from or gives to a common amount. 2 a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PIECE — n. & v. n. 1 a (often foll. by of) one of the distinct portions forming part of or broken …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PIE — n. 1 a baked dish of meat, fish, fruit, etc., usu. with a top and base of pastry. 2 anything …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SLICE — n. & v. --n. 1. a thin broad piece or wedge cut off or out esp. from meat or bread …
Oxford English vocab
SHARE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a portion that a person receives from or gives to a common amount. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
PIECE — n. & v. --n. 1. a (often foll. by of) one of the distinct portions forming part of or broken …
Oxford English vocab
PIE — 1. n.1 a baked dish of meat, fish, fruit, etc., usu. with a top and base of pastry. 2 anything …
Oxford English vocab
SLICE — ( slices, slicing, sliced) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A slice …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHARE — ( shares, sharing, shared) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A company’s …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PIECE — ( pieces, piecing, pieced) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A piece …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PIE — ( pies) 1. A pie consists of meat, vegetables, or fruit baked in pastry. ...a pork pie. ...apple pie and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLICE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a piece/slice of cake ▪ Would you like a slice of cake? a slice …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHARE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a share certificate (= proving what shares someone owns ) ▪ She kept official …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PIECE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PIE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a chicken sandwich/salad/pie etc ▪ I'll make a chicken pie with the leftovers. as easy …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SLICE — [verb] [T]Slice (= Cut into thin flat pieces) the onions thinly and fry in butter.Could you slice me a very …
Cambridge English vocab
SHARE — (PART) [noun] - the part of a larger amount, which has been divided between several people, that belongs to or …
Cambridge English vocab
PIECE
Cambridge English vocab
PIE — [noun] - a round pastry container in which meat, vegetables or fruit are cooked and which might also be covered …
Cambridge English vocab
SHARE — Synonyms and related words : adjunct, allocate, allocation, allot, allotment, allowance, apportion, apportionment, appropriate, appropriation, assign, be affected, be in …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PIECE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PIE — See: EAT HUMBLE PIE, FINGER IN THE PIE, PIE IN THE SKY, SWEETIE PIE.
Slang English vocab
SLICE — I. noun 1 flat piece of food ADJECTIVE ▪ big , generous , great , huge , large , thick …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PIE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ apple , chicken , meat ( esp. BrE ), pumpkin ( esp. AmE ), etc. ▪ mud …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SHARE — INDEX: 1. to use something with another person 2. to do something with another person 3. to divide something so …
Longman Activator English vocab
PIECE — INDEX: 1. a part of something that has been separated from the rest 2. a piece that has a regular …
Longman Activator English vocab
SLICE — n. 25B6; noun a slice of fruitcake : PIECE, portion, slab, rasher, sliver, wafer, shaving. a huge slice of public …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PIE — n. 25B6; noun PASTRY, tart, tartlet, quiche, pasty, patty, turnover, strudel. See lists here and at cake . 25A0; pie …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SLICE — n. 1 slab, piece, rasher, collop, shaving, layer, Cookery scallop, escalope, scaloppine (pl. of scaloppina) or scaloppini (pl.) May I …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PIECE
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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