Portion: English to English |
Portion (n.) A part assigned; allotment; share; fate. |
Portion (n.) A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole. |
Portion (n.) A wife's fortune; a dowry. |
Portion (n.) That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything. |
Portion (n.) 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. |
Portion (v. t.) To endow with a portion or inheritance. |
Portion (v. t.) To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute. |