halve

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

halve [halve halves halved halving] BrE [hɑːv] NAmE [hæv] verb
1. intransitive, transitive to reduce by a half; to make sth reduce by a half
•The shares have halved in value.
•~ sth The company is halving its prices.
2. transitive ~ sth to divide sth into two equal parts
see a trouble shared is a trouble halved at ↑trouble _n.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: from ↑half.

Example Bank:
•The shares have more than halved in value since the summer high of 572p.