Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

divide and choose

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables
di-vide and -choose
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A procedure for envy-free fair cake-cutting in which one person divides a heterogeneous resource in two and the other person chooses one of those two.

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What does divide and choose mean?
A procedure for envy-free fair cake-cutting in which one person divides a heterogeneous resource in two and the other person chooses one of those two.

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