portion

Meanings

Noun

• 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.

Verb

• To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
• To endow with a portion or inheritance.

Related

Similar words

• part
• piece
• apportion
• divide, divide up
• divvy, divvy up

Origin

• From Middle English porcioun, borrowed from Old French porcion, from Latin portio ("a share, part, portion, relation, proportion"), akin to pars; see part. Compare proportion.