'Portion' definitions:

Definition of 'portion'

From: WordNet
noun
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" [syn: part, portion, component part, component, constituent]
noun
Something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" [syn: part, portion]
noun
The allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians" [syn: parcel, portion, share]
noun
Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash" [syn: share, portion, part, percentage]
noun
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" [syn: fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion]
noun
Money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage [syn: dowry, dowery, dower, portion]
noun
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" [syn: helping, portion, serving]
verb
Give out; "We were assigned new uniforms" [syn: assign, allot, portion]

Definition of 'Portion'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole. [1913 Webster]
  • These are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him! --Job xxvi. 14. [1913 Webster]
  • Portions and parcels of the dreadful past. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A part assigned; allotment; share; fate. [1913 Webster]
  • The lord of that servant . . . will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. --Luke xii. 46. [1913 Webster]
  • Man's portion is to die and rise again. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. --Luke xv. 12. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A wife's fortune; a dowry. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Portion'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • And portion to his tribes the wide domain. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To endow with a portion or inheritance. [1913 Webster]
  • Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'portion'

From: Moby Thesaurus