[pawr-shuh
n, pohr-] 
| 1. | a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it: I read a portion of the manuscript. |
| 2. | an amount of food served for one person; serving; helping: He took a large portion of spinach. |
| 3. | the part of a whole allotted to or belonging to a person or group; share. |
| 4. | the part of an estate that goes to an heir or a next of kin. |
| 5. | Literary. something that is allotted to a person by God or fate. |
| 6. | (esp. formerly) the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband at marriage; dowry. |
| 7. | to divide into or distribute in portions or shares (often fol. by out). |
| 8. | to furnish with a portion, as with an inheritance or a dowry: All of his children have been amply portioned. |
| 9. | to provide with a lot or fate: She was portioned with sorrow throughout her life. |