Dictionary entry

Shot (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Shot, n. [AS. scot, sceot, fr. sceótan to shoot; akin to D. sschot, Icel. skot. √159. See Scot a share, Shoot, v. t., and cf. Shot a shooting.] A share or proportion; a reckoning; a scot.

Here no shots are where all shares be. Chapman.

A man is never... welcome to a place till some certain shot be paid and the hostess say “Welcome.” Shak.