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Entry 7 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Portion

/pôr'-shən/ · Por·tion · IPA /ˈpoɹʃən/
01 n. That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
  1. 1.
    That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
  2. 2.
    A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole.
    “These are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him!” — Job xxvi. 14.
    “Portions and parcels of the dreadful past.” — Tennyson.
  3. 3.
    A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.
    “The lord of that servant . . . will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.” — Luke xii. 46.
    “Man's portion is to die and rise again.” — Keble.
  4. 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.
    “Give me the portion of goods that falleth to me.” — Luke xv. 12.
  5. 5.
    A wife's fortune; a dowry.
Syn. Division; share; parcel; quantity; allotment; dividend.
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.
02 v. t. To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute.
imp. & p. p. Portioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Portioning
  1. 1.
    To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute.
    “And portion to his tribes the wide domain.” — Pope.
  2. 2.
    To endow with a portion or inheritance.
    “Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest.” — Pope.