the lion's share
the LY-unz SHAIR
ðə ˈlaɪənz ʃɛrListen
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the largest portion of something, especially one that is disproportionately large relative to what others receive; from Aesop's fable in which a lion claims all or nearly all of the spoils of a cooperative hunt by asserting various pretexts; in everyday usage the phrase describes any situation in which one party takes the overwhelming majority of the available reward, resource, or credit, leaving others with far less than a proportionate share; in development economics it is applied to discussions of how the benefits of economic growth or trade are distributed within and between countries
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