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The definition of portion
8 Definitions of: portion
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- noun, a part of a whole; fraction
- noun, a part allotted or belonging to a person or group
- noun, an amount of food served to one person; helping
- noun, law a) a share of property, esp one coming to a child from the estate of his parents b) the property given by a woman to her husband at marriage; dowry
- noun, a person's lot or destiny
- verb, to divide up; share out
- verb, to give a share to (a person); assign or allocate
- verb, law to give a dowry or portion to (a person); endow
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of portion