meaning of portion

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.
3.
A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.
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.
5.
A wifes fortune; a dowry.
6.
To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute.
7.
To endow with a portion or inheritance.
8.
the result of parcelling out or sharing; "death gets more than its share of attention from ">theologicans"


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