divvying

Parceling among recipients

Divvying is the act of dividing something up and distributing the portions, usually among a group: They were divvying the pizza when I arrived.

The word almost always appears with "up": We divvied up the profits.

It's casual and suggests an informal, roughly equal split rather than a precise allocation.

allocating

apportioning

Dividing into shares

parceling · rationing · meting · doling · dispensing · earmarking · appropriating · budgeting · designating · reserving

serving

portioning

Dividing into shares

scooping · plating · dishing up · passing around · going around · seconds · servings · helpings · rations · shares

splitting

segmenting

Dividing into portions

carving · slicing · sectioning · halving · quartering · fragmenting · demarcating · bisecting · cutting up · cleaving

sharing

pooling

Merging shared contributions

collective · mutual · contributing · collaborating · chipping in · going halves · fair share · even split · take turns · rotating

Categories
Opposites
distribution vs. accumulation

divvyinghoarding

Excessive accumulation of goods

accumulating · amassing · stockpiling · collecting · keeping

separation vs. combination

divvyingcombining

Joining multiple elements

pooling · merging · unifying · aggregating · consolidating

Phrases
Family

divide, division, individual, dividing, undivided, divider, divisive, subdivision, dividend

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G