Portion

Portion
Portion Por"tion, n. [F., from L. portio, akin to pars, partis, a part. See {Part}, n.] 1. That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything. [1913 Webster]

2. A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole. [1913 Webster]

These are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him! --Job xxvi. 14. [1913 Webster]

Portions and parcels of the dreadful past. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

3. A part assigned; allotment; share; fate. [1913 Webster]

The lord of that servant . . . will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. --Luke xii. 46. [1913 Webster]

Man's portion is to die and rise again. --Keble. [1913 Webster]

4. 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. [1913 Webster]

Give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. --Luke xv. 12. [1913 Webster]

5. A wife's fortune; a dowry. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Division; share; parcel; quantity; allotment; dividend.

Usage: {Portion}, {Part}. Part is generic, having a simple reference to some whole. Portion has the additional idea of such a division as bears reference to an individual, or is allotted to some object; as, a portion of one's time; a portion of Scripture. [1913 Webster]


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  • Portion — Portion …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • portion — [ pɔrsjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1160; lat. portio 1 ♦ Part qui revient à qqn. ♢ Spécialt Quantité de nourriture, partie d un mets destinée à une personne. ⇒ ration. « Une tranche de pain et une “portion”, dans une gamelle » (Duhamel). Portion de gâteau. ⇒ 1 …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • portion — PORTION. s. f. Partie d un tout, d un heritage, d une maison, &c. Portion de maison à vendre, à loüer. les heritiers ont partagé le bien du deffunt par égale portion. ma portion a esté la moindre, a esté la meilleure portion. portion de cercle.… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • portion — Portion, Pars, Portio. Quelque mesure et portion de terre, Modus agri. La portion, Demensum. Les portions, Iusta obsoniorum, vel pulmentorum. B. Bailler la portion entiere, Iusta praebere. B. Portion racourcie, Attenuatus victus. Selon la part et …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • portion — UK US /ˈpɔːʃən/ noun [C] ► a part or share of something larger: »A large portion of the company s profits is ploughed back into new projects. »These products account for a relatively small portion of sales. ► COMMERCE the amount of a particular… …   Financial and business terms

  • Portion — Sf std. (16. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. portio ( ōnis), wohl verwandt mit l. pars ( rtis) Teil .    Ebenso nndl. portie, ne. portion, nfrz. portion, nschw. portion, nnorw. porsjon; Proportion. ✎ DF 2 (1942), 602f.; Röhrich 2 (1992), 1192.… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • portion — [pôr′shən] n. [OFr < L portio (gen. portionis), portion < * partio < pars, PART1] 1. a part or limited quantity of anything, esp. that allotted to a person; share 2. the part of an estate received by an heir 3. the part of a man s money… …   English World dictionary

  • Portion — Por tion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Portioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Portioning}.] 1. To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute. [1913 Webster] And portion to his tribes the wide domain. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. To endow with… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Portion — (franz. portion, lat. portio zugemessene Menge v. part Teil) bezeichnet einen abgemessenen Teil. Dabei wird oft auf einen bestimmter Anspruch oder ein bestimmtes Bedürfnis Bezug genommen. Er wird oft im Zusammenhang mit Speisen gebraucht… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • portion — [n1] share, cut, ration allocation, allotment, allowance, apportionment, bang, bit, chunk, division, divvy*, drag*, dram, excerpt, extract, fix, fraction, fragment, gob, helping, hit, hunk, lagniappe, lion’s share*, lot, lump, measure, meed,… …   New thesaurus

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