portion
Noun 1. A part or share of a whole: An amount of something that is part of a larger total or is allotted to someone. 2. A serving of food: An individual amount of food served to one person, especially as part of a meal. 3. A dowry: Property or money brought by a bride to her husband at marriage (archaic or formal). 4. Fate or lot: One's destiny or the circumstances of one's life (formal or literary).
Verb * To divide and distribute something in shares; to allot.
Noun * He donated a portion of his salary to charity. * She only ate a small portion of the cake. * In the 19th century, a woman's portion was crucial for marriage. * He accepted his portion in life with quiet dignity.
Verb * The land was portioned out among the heirs. * The teacher portioned the tasks to the students.
- A portion of: Used to indicate an indefinite part of a whole.
- A significant portion of the audience agreed with the speaker.
- To portion out: To divide something into parts for distribution.
- The aid workers portioned out the remaining supplies.
- Portionless (adj): Having no dowry or inheritance.
- Apportion (verb): To divide and assign proportionally.
- Part, segment, fraction, piece (for a part of a whole).
- Serving, helping (for food).
- Share, allotment, allocation (for a distributed part).
- Fate, destiny, lot (for one's circumstances).
- Portion out: To distribute something in shares or amounts.
- Please portion out the snacks for the children.
- One's (fair) portion/share: The amount that is deserved or appropriate for one person.
- He has certainly had his portion of bad luck this year.
- 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
- money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
- 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
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- he wanted his share in cash
- the allotment of some amount by dividing something
- death gets more than its share of attention from theologians
- something less than the whole of a human artifact
- the rear part of the house
- glue the two parts together
- 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
- give out
- We were assigned new uniforms