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portion

('p/oU/r/S//@/n )

something determined in relation to something that includes it(noun.linkdef)

Example:
I read a portion of the manuscript.

Synonym:
component, component part, constituent, part

source: wordnet30
something less than the whole of a human artifact(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
part

source: wordnet30
the allotment of some amount by dividing something(noun.act)

Synonym:
parcel, share

source: wordnet30
assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group(noun.possession)

Synonym:
part, percentage, share

source: wordnet30
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)(noun.state)

Example:
Success that was her portion.

Synonym:
circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, lot, luck

source: wordnet30
money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage(noun.possession)

Synonym:
dower, dowery, dowry

source: wordnet30
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal(noun.food)

Example:
His portion was larger than hers.

Synonym:
helping, serving

source: wordnet30
That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.(noun)

source: webster1913

give out(verb.possession)

Synonym:
allot, assign

source: wordnet30
To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute.(verb)

source: webster1913

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