noun
Meaning 1
An allocated amount.
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noun
An allocated amount.
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noun
That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
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Synonyms: part, piece, bit, chip, chunk, tranche, clip, crumb, crumbling, cutting, flake, fleak, fragment, hunk, lump, mammock, ort, piecemeal, portion, scrap, scraplet, slice, snead, snippet, steck
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noun
One's fate; lot.
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Synonyms: doom, fortune, chance, destin, destiny, fatality, fate, foredoom, foreordination, kismet, lot, orlay, portion, predestination, predestiny, preordination, qadar, weird, wyrd
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noun
The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
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noun
A wife's fortune; a dowry.
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verb
To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
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verb
To endow with a portion or inheritance.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
the allotment of some amount by dividing something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: parcel, share
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
noun
something less than the whole of a human artifact
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: part
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: object, physical object
Narrower terms: 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, spine, backbone, toe, turnout, widening, upstage, upstairs, wreckage
noun
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: helping, serving
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
Narrower terms: drumstick, second joint, thigh, breast, white meat, wing, medallion, oyster, parson's nose, pope's nose, piece, slice, round, round of drinks, drink, libation
noun
money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
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Synonyms: dowry, dowery, dower
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Broader terms: gift
noun
assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: share, part, percentage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: assets
Narrower terms: tranche, dispensation, dole, way, ration, allowance, slice, piece, split, interest, stake, profit sharing, cut, allotment, allocation
noun
something determined in relation to something that includes it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: part, component part, component, constituent
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: relation
Narrower terms: substance, language unit, linguistic unit, item, point, butt, basis, base, detail, particular, unit, member, remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest, subpart
noun
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: condition
Narrower terms: good fortune, luckiness, good luck, providence, misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck, failure
verb
give out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: assign, allot
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
Narrower terms: allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve, allocate, apportion
History
Etymology tree Latin portiōder. Old French porcionbor. Middle English porcioun English portion From Middle English porcioun, borrowed from Old French porcion, accusative of Latin portiōnem (“a share, part, portion, relation, proportion”), from portiō, akin to pars (“part”); see part. Compare proportion.
Across languages
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