portion

n. part, piece; serving of food; allotment, allocation; dowry

v. divide into parts, partition; allocate, allot, ration

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Noun
1. something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"
(synonym) part, component part, component
(hypernym) relation
(hyponym) language unit, linguistic unit
(part-holonym) meronymy, part to whole relation
2. something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
(synonym) part
(hypernym) object, physical object
(hyponym) appendage
(part-holonym) whole, whole thing, unit
3. the result of parcelling out or sharing; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologicans"
(synonym) parcel, share
(hypernym) allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
(derivation) assign, allot
4. assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash"
(synonym) share, part, percentage
(hypernym) assets
(hyponym) tranche
(part-holonym) net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings
5. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
(synonym) fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances
(hypernym) condition
(hyponym) good fortune, good luck
6. an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each"
(synonym) helping, serving
(hypernym) small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
(hyponym) drumstick
(part-holonym) meal, repast
(part-meronym) taste, mouthful

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Verb
1. give out or allot; "We were assigned new uniforms"
(synonym) assign, allot
(hypernym) distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
(hyponym) allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve
(derivation) parcel, share

nf. helping, serving, portion of food served

nf. portion, share, slice; helping, serving