Results for portion

Definitions of portion:

part of speech: verb transitive

To divide into shares; to give shares of.

part of speech: verb transitive

To divide into portions: to allot a share: to furnish with a portion.

part of speech: noun

A piece of anything; a share, or a part given.

part of speech: noun

A part; a share; lot; final state; fate; a wife's dower or fortune.

part of speech: verb

To divide; to allot a share or shares.

part of speech: noun

A part: an allotment: dividend: the part of an estate descending to an heir: a wife's fortune.

Usage examples for portion:

• His grandfather had left him a fortune and he was looking about for ways in which to spend a portion of it. "Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3", Collected and Arranged by Francis J. Reynolds

• Half portion two dollars and a quarter. "The Crimson Sweater", Ralph Henry Barbour

• But the shadow of night lay upon the greater portion of the land of Chryse. "Edison's Conquest of Mars", Garrett Putman Serviss

• The Indian woman never brings a marriage portion with her. "Adventures in the Philippine Islands", Paul P. de La Gironière