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I have some question about the usage of the preposition "between" here:
At age 37 and with no children between them, Brown Hamilton and her husband decided to split.
I cannot find a dictionary definition that fits this usage of "between". Could it be wrong?
a. By the combined effort or effect of: Between them they succeeded.
b. In the combined ownership of: They had only a few dollars between them.
It means that there are no children that they have produced together or that they are both responsible for.
I'd say this is correct. I can't think of a word to directly replace between. Looking at http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/between, the children (if there were any) would link or connect the two parties.
Between is a word that can be used to define either what separates two parties, or what brings them together
