Definition of lion's share

lion's share    

noun

• the majority.

  Since I paid for it, I demand the lion's share of the pizza.

  Our Systems division generates a lion's share of the revenue, but not of the profits.

  • See more words with the same meaning: many, much, lots.

  Last edited on Mar 28 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'many, much, lots':
-city	Definitions include: suffix applied to a noun to indicate the presence of many or much of that noun.
*ss-ton	Definitions include: many or much.
kajillion	Definitions include: a very large number.
butt-load	Definitions include: a great quantity.
gang	Definitions include: a large amount or number.
bare	Definitions include: "great" as in "large in number or quantity".
up the wazoo	Definitions include: excessively.
loadsa	Definitions include: a lot of, "loads of"
ton	Definitions include: many or much.
hellza	Definitions include: variant of hella (i.e. very, really, extremely or many, much, lots.)
boocoo	Definitions include: misspelling of beaucoup.
weight	Definitions include: large quantities of drugs.
whack	Definitions include: crazy.
hecka	Definitions include: a lot of; many; much.
for days	Definitions include: for a long time.
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Other terms relating to 'lion':
lion	Definitions include: entrepreneur, or someone running things, lion meaning power and leadership within the one man's creation.
lioness	Definitions include: the wife to a man considered "lion", or one's wife or girlfriend.
play lion and lion tamer	Definitions include: to have sex.
Other terms relating to 'share':
shareware	Definitions include: software that is free to share with others and is - at least initially - free to use.

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