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
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.
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).
• part
• piece
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.
• Particularly used as portion out.
• Relatively formal, compared to the more informal divide, divide up, or the casual divvy, divvy up.
• apportion
• divide, divide up
• divvy, divvy up
Source: Wiktionary
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
20 April 2025
(noun) food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
