The phrase "a steep share of" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward.
It could be used when discussing a significant portion or amount of something, particularly in contexts involving costs or burdens.
Example: "The company faced a steep share of the financial losses due to the market downturn."
Alternatives: "a large portion of" or "a significant amount of".
As health plans require members to pay a steeper share of drug costs, more consumers are turning to lower-priced generic versions of blockbuster drugs like Prozac whose patents have expired.
Mr. Messier stands accused of having tried to hide the pending catastrophe in the company's communications, of influencing the stock price by a massive buy-back of shares in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to stem a steep share slide, and of having put in place a golden parachute of 20 million euros.
Amid rumours that China may invest in Italy to help prop up what is regarded as the last country that can fall before the eurozone breaks up, Louise Cooper, of BGC Partners, said: "How many more days can we see such steep share price falls without some kind of government intervention?
In other words, during a steep downturn, a large share of a given number of hires will be short-term unemployed workers.As separations fall, however, a constant level of hiring implies a larger share of hiring from the pool of longer-term unemployed workers.
Instead, the company earned $85 million, or 60 cents per share, compared with a steep loss of $269 million, or $2.35 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2008.
A steep tumble in shares of Intel dragged the stock market lower yesterday, after the company's warning late on Thursday that its sales in the third quarter would grow much less than had been expected.
Its stock has plummeted, contributing to a steep fall for shares of small business lender OnDeck.
The summer box office has been a roller coaster ride with a fair share of steep drops.
After a steep decline of BlackBerry's market share, the company said last month that it was considering "strategic options," a code phrase for a sale.
Under the rights issue, shareholders of Astra would get 7 new shares for every 13 they hold, and pay 1,000 rupiah a share for them -- a steep discount of more than 60percentt from the stock's closing price on Tuesday.
