slice of the cake
Cut of proceeds
A slice of the cake is a share or portion of something valuable—money, profits, credit, or opportunity.
The metaphor treats a desirable whole as something to be divided among claimants: Everyone wants a slice of the cake when a company goes public.
Interchangeable with "slice of the pie" in American usage, though "cake" suggests abundance or celebration.
- piece of the piePortion of something divided
- sharePortion given out
- fair shareEquitable part owed
- segmentDistinct part of whole
- cutSeverance or reduction
portion · piece · entitlement · fraction · division · dividend · profit · gravy train · icing · piece of the action · skin in the game · wealth · equity · allocation · divvy up · serving · fairness · shareholding
slice of the cakeeverything
The complete set
totality · the whole lot · the lot · monopoly · the works
slice of the cakenothing
Not any thing
empty-handed · shut out · crumbs · zilch · excluded
slice, sliced, slicer, slicers, slicing, slices, cake, cakes, caked