Portion — synonyms, definition

1. portion (Noun)

acreage allotment allowance application apportionment article batch bit bite body branch buying on credit chapter chunk circumstances citation clause compartment component component part • • •

portion (Noun) — Something determined in relation to something that includes it. ex. "I read a portion of the manuscript"

portion (Noun) — Something less than the whole of a human artifact. ex. "the rear portion of the house"

portion (Noun) — The allotment of some amount by dividing something. ex. "death gets more than its portion of attention from theologians"

portion (Noun) — Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group. ex. "he wanted his portion in cash"

portion (Noun) — Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you). ex. "success that was her portion"

portion (Noun) — Money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage.

portion (Noun) — An individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal. ex. "his portion was larger than hers"

allocation allotment apportioning apportionment article assets assignation condition gift object parceling parcelling physical object relation small indefinite amount small indefinite quantity allocation allotment allowance appendage backbone bad luck balance base basis bit bottleneck breast bulb butt component constituent cut cutout detail dispensation • • • mouthful taste earnings lucre meal meronymy net net income net profit part to whole relation profit profits repast unit whole

2. portion (Verb)

allot apportion assign categorise categorize classify deal out dispense dispose distribute divide endow file group mete out parcel out part partition separate share

portion (Verb) — Give out.

administer allot deal deal out dish out dispense distribute dole dole out lot mete mete out parcel out shell out allocate allow apportion appropriate earmark reserve set aside