portion

1. 1

   An allocated amount.

2. 2

   That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

3. 3

   One's fate; lot.

   • The Lord of that ſeruant […] will appoint him his portion with the vnbeleeuers.
   • Man's portion is to die and rise again.
4. 4

   The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.

   • Father, giue me the portion of goods that falleth to me.
   • O! yearning heart! I did inherit Thy withering portion with the fame, The searing glory which hath shone Amid the jewels of my throne, Halo of Hell!
5. 5

   A wife's fortune; a dowry.

   • Commend me to her, and to piece her portion / Tender her this.
   • I took part of a small house in the Old Jewry; and being advised to alter my condition, I married Mrs. Mary Burton, second daughter to Mr. Edmund Burton, hosier, in Newgate-street, with whom I received four hundred pounds for a portion.

1. 1

   To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.transitive

2. 2

   To endow with a portion or inheritance.transitive

   • Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest.

syn. apportion · divide · divide up · divvy · divvy up