split up

1. 1.

   an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity

   “they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock”

   Synonymssplitstock split

   Broaderincrease

Questions about split up

What does split up mean?

split up means "get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for split up?

Close synonyms include divorce, divide, split, separate, dissever. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is split up a common word?

split up is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.