PORTION

parcel, portion, share

(noun) the allotment of some amount by dividing something; “death gets more than its share of attention from theologians”

part, portion

(noun) something less than the whole of a human artifact; “the rear part of the house”; “glue the two parts together”

helping, portion, serving

(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”

dowry, dowery, dower, portion

(noun) money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

share, portion, part, percentage

(noun) assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; “he wanted his share in cash”

part, portion, component part, component, constituent

(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”

fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion

(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”

assign, allot, portion

(verb) give out; “We were assigned new uniforms”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

portion (plural portions)

An allocated amount.

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

One's fate; lot.

The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.

A wife's fortune; a dowry.

Usage notes

Relatively formal, compared to the more informal part or more concrete and casual piece. For example, “part of the money” (both informal) but “portion of the proceeds” (both formal).

Synonyms

• part

• piece

Verb

portion (third-person singular simple present portions, present participle portioning, simple past and past participle portioned)

(transitive) To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.

(transitive) To endow with a portion or inheritance.

Usage notes

• Particularly used as portion out.

• Relatively formal, compared to the more informal divide, divide up, or the casual divvy, divvy up.

Synonyms

• apportion

• divide, divide up

• divvy, divvy up

Source: Wiktionary

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Por"tion, n. Etym: [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.

2. A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole. These are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him! Job xxvi. 14. Portions and parcels of the dreadful past. Tennyson.

3. A part assigned; allotment; share; fate. The lord of that servant . . . will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. Luke xii. 46. Man's portion is to die and rise again. Keble.

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. Give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. Luke xv. 12.

5. A wife's fortune; a dowry. Shak.

Syn.

– Division; share; parcel; quantity; allotment; dividend.

– 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.

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. And portion to his tribes the wide domain. Pope.

2. To endow with a portion or inheritance. Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest. Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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