portion

n.

1. A section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole.
2. A part separated from a whole.
3. A part that is allotted to a person or group, as:
   1. A helping of food.
   2. The part of an estate received by an heir.
   3. A woman's dowry.
4. A person's lot or fate.

tr.v., -tioned, -tion·ing, -tions.

1. To divide into parts or shares for distribution; parcel.
2. To provide with a share, inheritance, or dowry.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin portiō, portiōn-.]

portionable por'tion·a·ble adj.
portioner por'tion·er n.
portionless por'tion·less adj.

noun

1. One of the parts into which something is divided: division, member, part, piece, section, segment, subdivision. See part/whole.
2. A part severed from a whole: cut, piece, section, segment, slice. See part/whole.
3. That which is allotted: allocation, allotment, allowance, dole, lot, measure, part, quantum, quota, ration, share, split. Informal cut. Slang divvy. See collect/distribute.
4. An individual quantity of food: helping, mess, serving. See ingestion.
5. A right or legal share in something: claim, interest, stake, title. See part/whole.
6. That which is inevitably destined: destiny, fate, fortune, kismet, lot, predestination. See certain/uncertain.

verb

To give out in portions or shares. deal (out), dispense, distribute, divide, dole out, parcel out, ration (out), share. Slang divvy. See collect/distribute.

n

Definition: share, cut, ration
Antonyms: all, entirety, whole

v

Definition: divide into pieces
Antonyms: collect, combine, gather, join

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In nutrition, the amount of a food type typically consumed in a meal or snack. Compare serving.

IN BRIEF: n. - The allotment of some amount by dividing something; Something less than the whole of a human artifact.

That best portion of a good man's life,- His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love. — William Wordsworth, Source: Lines completed a few miles above Tintern Abbey.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - del, medgift, lod, portion
v. tr. - dele, tildele, give medgift

Nederlands (Dutch)
gedeelte, portie, lot, verdelen, uitdelen

Français (French)
n. - partie, part, portion, destin
v. tr. - partager, répartir, distribuer, doter

Deutsch (German)
n. - Teil, Abschnitt, Portion, Anteil, Los, Schicksal
v. - portionieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μερίδα, μερίδιο, τμήμα, μοίρα, ριζικό, (νομ.) κλήρος
v. - εκχωρώ μερίδιο

Italiano (Italian)
porzione, sorte

Português (Portuguese)
n. - porção (f), parte (m), dote (m)
v. - repartir, dar dote

Русский (Russian)
порция, доля, судьба

Español (Spanish)
n. - porción, parte, ración, destino, sino
v. tr. - dividir, partir, distribuir, dotar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (an)del, stycke, portion, lott, hemgift
v. - (för)dela, dela ut, ge hemgift

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
部分, 一份遗产, 一份, 一客, 命运, 定数, 把...分成多份, 给...一份嫁妆, 分配

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 部分, 一份遺產, 一份, 一客, 命運, 定數
v. tr. - 把...分成多份, 給...一份嫁妝, 分配

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 한 조각, 1인분
v. tr. - 분할하다, 운명지우다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 部分, 分け前, 一人前, 運命, 持参金
v. - 分配する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حصه, هبه, بائنه, قسمه, نصيب, قدر, جزء (فعل) يقسم, يحصص, يوزع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מנה, חלק, מנת-חלקו‬
v. tr. - ‮נתן חלק, חילק‬

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