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RELATED WORD : portion out

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Noun portion has 7 senses

• portion(n = noun.linkdef) component, component part, constituent, part - 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"
has particulars: substance, language unit, linguistic unit, item, point, butt, base, basis, detail, item, particular, unit, member, balance, remainder, residual, residue, residuum, rest, subpart
is a kind of relation
is a part of meronymy, part to whole relation

• portion(n = noun.artifact) part - something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
is a kind of object, physical object
is a part of unit, whole
has particulars: appendage, bit, bottleneck, bulb, butt, stub, component, constituent, element, cutout, foible, fore edge, foredge, forte, fraction, heel, hub, jetsam, limb, neck, peen, piece, pressing, seat, section, segment, shank, waist, backbone, spine, toe, turnout, widening, upstage, upstairs, wreckage

• portion(n = noun.act) parcel, share - the allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"
is a kind of allocation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling
Derived form verb portion₁

• portion(n = noun.possession) part, percentage, share - assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash"
is a part of earnings, lucre, net, net income, net profit, profit, profits
has particulars: tranche, dispensation, dole, way, ration, allowance, piece, slice, split, interest, stake, profit sharing, cut, allocation, allotment
is a kind of assets

• portion(n = noun.state) circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, lot, luck - 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"
is a kind of condition
has particulars: good fortune, good luck, luckiness, providence, bad luck, ill luck, misfortune, tough luck, failure

• portion(n = noun.possession) dower, dowery, dowry - money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage; Array
is a kind of gift

• portion(n = noun.food) helping, serving - 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"
is a part of meal, repast
has parts: mouthful, taste
has particulars: drumstick, second joint, thigh, breast, white meat, wing, medallion, oyster, parson's nose, pope's nose, piece, slice, round, round of drinks, drink, libation
is a kind of small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity

Verb portion has 1 sense

• portion(v = verb.possession) allot, assign - give out; "We were assigned new uniforms"
is one way to administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out
Derived form noun portion₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

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portion

Friday, Friday the thirteenth, adjunct, administer, allocate, allocation, allot, allotment, allowance, amount, antepast, appanage, appointed lot, apportion, apportionment, assign, assignment, astral influences, astrology, bag, bang, batch, beverage, big end, bigger half, bit, bite, bolt, book of fate, booster, booster dose, booster shot, break up, budget, bumper, bunch, carve, carve up, chunk, circumstance, clutch, coil, commission, component, consign, constellation, contingent, count, course, cover, cross section, cup, cut, cut up, deal, deal out, deck, dessert, destination, destiny, detachment, detail, dies funestis, disburse, dish, dispense, disperse, dispose, distribute, district, divide, divide into shares, divide up, divide with, dividend, division, divvy, divvy up, dole, dole out, doom, dose, dot, dower, dowry, draft, dram, drench, drink, dropping, drug packet, end, endowment, entree, entremets, equal share, fatality, fate, fix, foredoom, fortune, foundation, fraction, fragment, future, give out, gob, group, gulp, guzzle, half, halver, heap, help, helping, hit, hunk, ides of March, inevitability, injection, installment, interest, investment, issue, item, jointure, kismet, lap, large amount, legal jointure, libation, lot, lump, mainlining, marriage portion, measure, measure out, meed, member, mess, mete, mete out, modicum, moiety, moira, morsel, narcotic shot, nip, number, overdose, pack, parcel, parcel out, part, particular, partition, pass around, pay out, peg, percentage, piece, place, planets, plate, platter, popping, portion out, potation, potion, proportion, prorate, pull, quadrant, quaff, quantity, quantum, quarter, quota, rake-off, random sample, ration, remainder, roll, run, sample, sampling, scrap, second helping, section, sector, segment, service, serving, settlement, share, share out, share with, shift, shot, sip, skin-popping, slice, slice the pie, slice up, sliver, slug, slurp, small amount, small share, snort, split, split up, spoon out, stake, stars, stock, strip, subdivide, subdivision, subgroup, subspecies, suck, sum, sup, swig, swill, thirds, tot, unlucky day, wedge, weird, wheel of fortune, will of Heaven, zone

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Part

N part, portion, dose, item, particular, aught, any, division, ward, subdivision, section, chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse, article, passage, sector, segment, fraction, fragment, cantle, frustum, detachment, parcel, piece, lump, bit cut, cutting, chip, chunk, collop, slice, scale, lamina, small part, morsel, particle, installment, dividend, share, debris, odds and ends, oddments, detritus, excerpta, member, limb, lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch, bough, joint, link, offshoot, ramification, twig, bush, spray, sprig, runner, leaf, leaflet, stump, component part, sarmentum, compartment, department, county, fractional, fragmentary, sectional, aliquot, divided, in compartments, multifid, disconnected, partial, partly, in part, partially, piecemeal, part by part, by by installments, by snatches, by inches, by driblets, bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by drop, in detail, in lots.

Apportionment

N apportionment, allotment, consignment, assignment, appointment, appropriation, dispensation, distribution, division, deal, repartition, partition, administration, dividend, portion, contingent, share, allotment, fair share, allocation, lot, measure, dose, dole, meed, pittance, quantum, ration, ratio, proportion, quota, modicum, mess, allowance, suerte, apportioning, respective, respectively, each to each.

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