- a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it: I read a portion of the manuscript.
- an amount of food served for one person; serving; helping: He took a large portion of spinach.
- the part of a whole allotted to or belonging to a person or group; share.
- the part of an estate that goes to an heir or a next of kin.
- something that is allotted to a person by God or fate.
- (especially formerly) the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband at marriage; dowry.
- to divide into or distribute in portions or shares (often followed by out).
- to furnish with a portion, as with an inheritance or a dowry: All of his children have been amply portioned.
- to provide with a lot or fate: She was portioned with sorrow throughout her life.
- a part of a whole; fraction
- a part allotted or belonging to a person or group
- an amount of food served to one person; helping
- law
- a share of property, esp one coming to a child from the estate of his parents
- the property given by a woman to her husband at marriage; dowry
- a person's lot or destiny
- to divide up; share out
- to give a share to (a person); assign or allocate
- to give a dowry or portion to (a person); endow
