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por⋅tion

  [pawr-shuhn, pohr-]
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–noun
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.
–verb (used with object)
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.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME porcion < OF < L portiōn- (s. of portiō) share, part, akin to pars part

Related forms:
por⋅tion⋅a⋅ble, adjective
por⋅tion⋅less, adjective

Synonyms:
1. section, segment. See part. 2. ration. 3. allotment, quota, lot, dividend. 4. inheritance. 5. fortune, lot, destiny, doom. 7. allot, apportion. 8. endow.

Antonyms:
1. whole.
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por·tion   (pôr'shən, pōr'-)   
n.  

  1. A section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole.

  2. A part separated from a whole.

  3. A part that is allotted to a person or group, as:

    1. A helping of food.

    2. The part of an estate received by an heir.

    3. A woman's dowry.

  4. A person's lot or fate.

tr.v.   por·tioned, por·tion·ing, por·tions

  1. To divide into parts or shares for distribution; parcel.

  2. To provide with a share, inheritance, or dowry.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin portiō, portiōn-; see perə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
por'tion·a·ble adj., por'tion·er n., por'tion·less adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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