meaning of portion4
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.
3. A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.
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.
5. A wifes fortune; a dowry.
6. To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute.
7. To endow with a portion or inheritance.
8. the result of parcelling out or sharing; "death gets more than its share of attention from
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Related Words
portion | portion out | portioned | portioner | portioning | portionist | portionless |
