Portion

Word PORTION
Character 7
Hyphenation por tion
Pronunciations /ˈpoəɹʃən/

Definitions and meanings of "Portion"

What do we mean by portion?

A section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole. noun

A part separated from a whole. noun

A part that is allotted to a person or group, as. noun

A helping of food. noun

The part of an estate received by an heir. noun

A woman's dowry. noun

A person's lot or fate. noun

To divide into parts or shares for distribution; parcel. transitive verb

To provide with a share, inheritance, or dowry. transitive verb

A part of a whole, whether separated from it, or considered by itself though not actually separated. noun

A part assigned or contributed; a share; an allowance or allotment; hence, a helping at table. noun

Lot; fate; destiny. noun

The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, or to be distributed to him in the settlement of the estate. noun

A wife's fortune; a dowry. noun

To divide or distribute into portions or shares; parcel; allot in shares.

To endow with a portion or an inheritance.

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything. noun

A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole. noun

A part assigned; allotment; share; fate. noun

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. 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.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Portion

The word "portion" in example sentences

So at the end of the day, the onus is on the buyers to decide whether they are comfortable with the term "portion of the proceeds," and whether they choose to bid on items that not only support charity, but benefit a celebrity's bank account even more. ❋ Hollie McKay (2012)

The main portion is he never spoke about or cared about Healthcare until he was running for president. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Over time, the term portion of the policy is replaced with whole life. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Generally, the term portion has a lower commission rate. ❋ Unknown (2009)

With the delightful exception of Buster Keaton, the “entertainment” a euphemism portion of the program—the guests and the games and the giddiness—all had to take place between and around the inviolate core of our show, the commercials. ❋ Betty White (1995)

On the term portion, we were able to lower interest expense and we expect to save about $8 million in interest expense over the life of the facility.

The rider allows the term portion to be gradually replaced over time to paid-up whole life protection. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The word portion has several shades of meaning piece, part, segment, allotment; it can even mean one's inheritance, or lot in life. ❋ Unknown (2012)

The complaint is that Google is trimming the title portion of the article in the RSS feed. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Here's the scoop: The G2 includes 4GB of internal memory, of which a portion is accessible for downloading applications from the Android Market and a portion is allocated for both the operating system and preloaded applications. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To have God for our portion is the one only foundation of hope. ❋ Unknown (1871)

But each day the Web page will offer only three of these videos, chosen by Mr. Seinfeld, a strategy that reflects his theories about online content as well as his concerns about what he called "portion control." ❋ By DAVE ITZKOFF (2011)

The amended credit facility reduces the operating loan to a maximum level of $45,000 and provides a term portion of $5,000 for a total credit facility of $50,000. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He said he was walking through what he called a portion of ❋ Unknown (2009)

I feel they should be allowed during the muzzleloader and gun season and/or a certain "portion" of the archery season. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Journal of the American Dietetic Association, "the term portion size is not associated with ❋ Unknown (2009)

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