moiety Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun one of two (approximately) equal parts
    mediety.
  2. noun one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe

WordNet

Moi"e*ty noun
Etymology
F. moitié, L. medietas, fr. medius middle, half. See Mid, a., and cf. Mediate, Mediety.
Wordforms
plural Moieties
Definitions
  1. One of two equal parts; a half; as, a moiety of an estate, of goods, or of profits; the moiety of a jury, or of a nation. Shak.
    The more beautiful moiety of his majesty's subject. Addison.
  2. An indefinite part; a small part. Shak.

Webster 1913