divvy

verb

div·​vy ˈdi-vē 

divvied; divvying; divvies

transitive verb

: divide, share

divvy a pie

Between now and then, managing the divestiture will eat up much of Allen's time—he must divvy tens of billions of dollars in assets …

—David Kirkpatrick

Instead of divvying the spoils of a $12-$18 CD sale, labels, artists and songwriters are vying for nickels and dimes from 99 cent downloads.

—Brian Garrity

—usually used with up

We divvied up the chores.

Money is easier to divvy up than property, …

—Susan E. Kuhn

When the time comes to divvy up the school funding pie, maintenance departments wait patiently in line for their slice of resources.

—Mike Kennedy

Early evidence suggests there has been a significant shift in how fiscal responsibilities are divvied up among the federal government, and state and local governments.

—Grant A. Driessen and Joseph S. Hughes

Examples of divvy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Florida legislature divvied up 40 boxes, or 120 drones, among the three participating school districts, said Taylor Worthington, the Campus Guardian Angel head of enterprise business development. — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026

This gap matters, because the way childcare is divvied up shapes much more than parents’ work schedules. — Kristy Buzard, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 2026

That number will surely grow once the $100million qualifier pot is divvied up, though so too will the take of the elite clubs, whose players were plenty present in the two-year build-up to this summer’s extravaganza. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 July 2026

But the task force can also choose to divvy up future revenues, giving it some control over the total amount spent as well as who gets what. — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026

Word History

Etymology

by shortening & alteration from divide

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for divvy

• privy