What is "to go halves"

Go \Go\, v. t.

1. To take, as a share in an enterprise; to undertake or become responsible for; to bear a part in.

   They to go equal shares in the booty.
   --L'Estrange.

2. To bet or wager; as, I'll go you a shilling. [Colloq.]

   To go halves, to share with another equally.

   To go it, to behave in a wild manner; to be uproarious; to carry on; also, to proceed; to make progress. [Colloq.]

   To go it alone (Card Playing), to play a hand without the assistance of one's partner.

   To go one's way, to set forth; to depart.

Halves \Halves\ (h[aum]vz), n., pl. of Half.

By halves, by one half at once; halfway; fragmentarily; partially; incompletely.

I can not believe by halves; either I have faith, or I have it not.
--J. H. Newman.

To go halves. See under Go.

Half \Half\ (h[aum]f), n.; pl. Halves (h[aum]vz). [AS. healf. See Half, a.]

1. Part; side; behalf. [Obs.]
   --Wyclif.

   The four halves of the house.
   --Chaucer.

2. One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple.

   Not half his riches known, and yet despised.
   --Milton.

   A friendship so complete Portioned in halves between us.
   --Tennyson.

   Better half. See under Better.

   In half, in two; an expression sometimes used improperly instead of in halves or into halves; as, to cut in half. [Colloq.]
   --Dickens.

   In one's half or On one's half, in one's behalf; on one's part. [Obs.]

   To cry halves, to claim an equal share with another.

   To go halves, to share equally between two.