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Portion Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Portion?
[n] the result of parcelling out or sharing; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologicans"
[n] something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" [n] an individual portion of food or drink; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each" [n] assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash" [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" [n] 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" [v] give out; "We were assigned new uniforms" Synonyms | Synonyms for Portion: allot | assign | circumstances | component | component part | destiny | fate | fortune | helping | lot | luck | parcel | part | part | part | percentage | serving | share | share Related Terms | Find terms related to Portion: adjunct | administer | allocate | allocation | allot | allotment | allowance | amount | antepast | appanage | appointed lot | apportion | apportionment | assign | assignment | astral influences | astrology | bag | bang | batch | beverage | big end | bigger half | bit | bite | bolt | book of fate | booster | booster dose | booster shot | break up | budget | bumper | bunch | carve | carve up | chunk | circumstance | clutch | coil | commission | component | consign | constellation | contingent | count | course | cover | cross section | cup | cut | cut up | deal | deal out | deck | dessert | destination | destiny | detachment | detail | dies funestis | disburse | dish | dispense | disperse | dispose | distribute | district | divide | divide into shares | divide up | divide with | dividend | division | divvy | divvy up | dole | dole out | doom | dose | dot | dower | dowry | draft | dram | drench | drink | dropping | drug packet | end | endowment | entree | entremets | equal share | fatality | fate | fix | foredoom | fortune | foundation | fraction | fragment | Friday | Friday the thirteenth | future | give out | gob | group | gulp | guzzle | half | halver | heap | help | helping | hit | hunk | ides of March | inevitability | injection | installment | interest | investment | issue | item | jointure | kismet | lap | large amount | legal jointure | libation | lot | lump | mainlining | marriage portion | measure | measure out | meed | member | mess | mete | mete out | modicum | moiety | moira | morsel | narcotic shot | nip | number | overdose | pack | parcel | parcel out | part | particular | partition | pass around | pay out | peg | percentage | piece | place | planets | plate | platter | popping | portion out | potation | potion | proportion | prorate | pull | quadrant | quaff | quantity | quantum | quarter | quota | rake-off | random sample | ration | remainder | roll | run | sample | sampling | scrap | second helping | section | sector | segment | service | serving | settlement | share | share out | share with | shift | shot | sip | skin-popping | slice | slice the pie | slice up | sliver | slug | slurp | small amount | small share | snort | split | split up | spoon out | stake | stars | stock | strip | subdivide | subdivision | subgroup | subspecies | suck | sum | sup | swig | swill | thirds | tot | unlucky day | wedge | weird | wheel of fortune | will of Heaven | zone See Also | administer | allocate | allocation | allocation | allotment | allotment | allow | allowance | appendage | apportion | apportioning | apportionment | appropriate | assets | assignation | bad luck | breast | bulb | butt | component | condition | constituent | cut | cutout | deal | deal out | detail | dish out | dispensation | dispense | distribute | dole | dole out | drink | drumstick | earmark | earnings | element | failure | foible | forte | fraction | good fortune | good luck | hub | ill luck | interest | item | jetsam | language unit | libation | limb | linguistic unit | lot | lucre | meal | medallion | member | meronymy | mete out | misfortune | mouthful | net | net income | net profit | object | oyster | parcel out | parceling | parcelling | parson's nose | part to whole relation | particular | peen | physical object | piece | piece | piece | point | pope's nose | pressing | profit | profit sharing | profits | providence | ration | relation | remainder | repast | reserve | residual | residue | residuum | rest | round | round of drinks | second joint | section | segment | set aside | shank | shell out | slice | slice | small indefinite amount | small indefinite quantity | split | stake | stub | subpart | substance | taste | thigh | tough luck | tranche | unit | unit | waist | way | white meat | whole | whole thing | wing | wreckage Portion In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. |
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