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halfer

halfer

7.9
A person who shares something equally with another
  • noun
  • /ˈhælfər/
translation icon : compañero
  • As halfers of the pizza, they made sure to divide it so that each got the same amount of slices.

Examples

  • The two sisters agreed to be halfers in the business, sharing the profits and responsibilities equally.

  • During the school fundraiser, our class became halfers by splitting the money raised equally among all participants.

  • I realized that about half of the people in town as real and half as halfers, half small people, half are real.

Synonyms

sharer
vshalfer
6 3.6

A person who gives or gets part of something with others

divides something equally with one other person rather than uneven division

Antonyms

hoarder
18 5.5

A person who keeps many things and rarely throws them away, making their home very full

Surface Forms

halfer singular
halfers plural

Morphology

halfer = half (semi-transparent) = half + er

The component meaning is clear, but the sense 'a person who shares something equally' is a specialized colloquial extension of half + -er.

Etymology

Halfer comes from the parts half and -er, with half meaning 'one of two equal parts' and -er meaning 'a person'. So a halfer is someone who takes or shares half of something, like paying half the bill.