Thesaurus: portion

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1. n. That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
2. n. A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole.
3. n. A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.
4. n. 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.
5. n. A wife's fortune; a dowry.
6. v. t. To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute.
7. v. t. To endow with a portion or inheritance.
8. n. something determined in relation to something that includes it
9. n. something less than the whole of a human artifact
10. n. the allotment of some amount by dividing something
11. n. assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
12. n. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)