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English Dictionary: portion	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for portion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
portion n something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton" Synonym(s): part, portion, component part, component, constituent something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" Synonym(s): part, portion the allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians" Synonym(s): parcel, portion, share assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash" Synonym(s): share, portion, part, percentage your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion" Synonym(s): fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage Synonym(s): dowry, dowery, dower, portion an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each" Synonym(s): helping, portion, serving v give out; "We were assigned new uniforms" [syn: assign, allot, portion]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Portion \Por"tion\, n. [F., from L. portio, akin to pars, partis, a part. See {Part}, n.] 1. That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything. 2. A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole. These are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him! --Job xxvi. 14. Portions and parcels of the dreadful past. --Tennyson. 3. A part assigned; allotment; share; fate. The lord of that servant . . . will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. --Luke xii. 46. Man's portion is to die and rise again. --Keble. 4. The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance. Give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. --Luke xv. 12. 5. A wife's fortune; a dowry. --Shak. Syn: Division; share; parcel; quantity; allotment; dividend. Usage: {Portion}, {Part}. Part is generic, having a simple reference to some whole. Portion has the additional idea of such a division as bears reference to an individual, or is allotted to some object; as, a portion of one's time; a portion of Scripture.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Portion \Por"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Portioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Portioning}.] 1. To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute. And portion to his tribes the wide domain. --Pope. 2. To endow with a portion or inheritance. Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest. --Pope.