partage
nounUK /ˈpɑːtɪd͡ʒ/ · US /ˈpɑɹtɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology From Middle French partage, from partir (“to share”).
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Obsolete A part, portion or share.
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Archaic Division, sharing; the act of portioning out or dividing up.
- looke into our Royall house, where so many partages [tr. partages], so many surnames, and so many severall titles have so encumbred us, that the originall of the stocke is utterly lost.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 46, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
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Archaeology, History, Human sciences, Sciences Historical The formerly standard practice of dividing up artifacts between archaeologists, their patrons, and the host territory.