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portion

/'poʊrʃən/

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noun
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
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"his portion was larger than hers"

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helping serving

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small indefinite amount small indefinite quantity

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repast meal
noun
assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
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part percentage share

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assets

part of:
profit profits earnings lucre net net income net profit
noun
something less than the whole of a human artifact
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part

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object physical object

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unit whole
noun
the allotment of some amount by dividing something
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parcel share

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parcelling parceling assignation apportionment apportioning allotment allocation
noun
money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
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dower dowery dowry

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gift
verb
give out
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allot assign

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allot parcel out mete out deal lot deal out dish out dispense distribute shell out dole out administer
noun
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
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"success that was her portion"

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circumstances destiny fate fortune lot luck

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condition
noun
something determined in relation to something that includes it
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"I read a portion of the manuscript"

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component component part constituent part

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relation

part of:
meronymy part to whole relation

Examples of portion

"his portion was larger than hers"
"success that was her portion"
"I read a portion of the manuscript"