The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SHARES
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SHARES
- Rations go quickly on board ship
- Carves up small furry animals
- Irish are sensibly protecting allotments
- Sally and Harry originally are small parts
- Run, in case of savings and investments
- Lots race to fill empty seats
- Rush into outwardly serious investments
- Allocates market instruments
- Sharpest point blunted in parts
- Stocks stocks rabbit in seconds
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The straight part
We know that "parts" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case parts = shares.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does SHARES mean?
SHARES noun- A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.
- A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.
- A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network.
- The action of sharing something with other people via social media.
- The sharebone or pubis.
- To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.
- To have or use in common.
- To divide and distribute.
- To tell to another.
- The cutting blade of an agricultural machine like a plough, a cultivator or a seeding-machine.
- To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.