portion
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Definitions
                    Noun
                    
                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"; "the animal constituent of plankton"
                
                    Noun
                    
                something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
                
                    Noun
                    
                the allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"
                
                    Noun
                    
                assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash"
                
                    Noun
                    
                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"
                
                    Noun
                    
                money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
                
                    Noun
                    
                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"
                
                    Verb
                    
            give out; "We were assigned new uniforms"
                Synonyms
                    allot
                    assign
                    circumstances
                    component
                    component part
                    constituent
                    destiny
                    dower
                    dowery
                    dowry
                    fate
                    fortune
                    helping
                    lot
                    luck
                    parcel
                    part
                    percentage
                    serving
                    share
            
            More General Terms
                    administer
                    allocation
                    allot
                    allotment
                    apportioning
                    apportionment
                    assets
                    assignation
                    condition
                    deal
                    deal out
                    dish out
                    dispense
                    distribute
                    dole out
                    gift
                    lot
                    mete out
                    object
                    parcel out
                    parceling
                    parcelling
                    physical object
                    relation
                    shell out
                    small indefinite amount
                    small indefinite quantity
            
            More Specific Terms
                    allocate
                    allocation
                    allotment
                    allow
                    allowance
                    appendage
                    apportion
                    appropriate
                    backbone
                    bad luck
                    balance
                    base
                    basis
                    bit
                    bottleneck
                    breast
                    bulb
                    butt
                    component
                    constituent
                    cut
                    cutout
                    detail
                    dispensation
                    dole
                    drink
                    drumstick
                    earmark
                    element
                    failure
                    foible
                    fore edge
                    foredge
                    forte
                    fraction
                    good fortune
                    good luck
                    heel
                    hub
                    ill luck
                    interest
                    item
                    jetsam
                    language unit
                    libation
                    limb
                    linguistic unit
                    luckiness
                    medallion
                    member
                    misfortune
                    neck
                    oyster
                    parson''s nose
                    particular
                    peen
                    piece
                    point
                    pope''s nose
                    pressing
                    profit sharing
                    providence
                    ration
                    remainder
                    reserve
                    residual
                    residue
                    residuum
                    rest
                    round
                    round of drinks
                    seat
                    second joint
                    section
                    segment
                    set aside
                    shank
                    slice
                    spine
                    split
                    stake
                    stub
                    subpart
                    substance
                    thigh
                    toe
                    tough luck
                    tranche
                    turnout
                    unit
                    upstage
                    upstairs
                    waist
                    way
                    white meat
                    widening
                    wing
                    wreckage