portion

Meanings

• something determined in relation to something that includes it
  • "I read a portion of the manuscript"
• something less than the whole of a human artifact
• the allotment of some amount by dividing something
• assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
• your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
  • "success that was her portion"
• money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
• an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
  • "his portion was larger than hers"
• give out

Synonyms

allot, assign, circumstances, component, component part, constituent, destiny, dower, dowery, dowry, fate, fortune, helping, lot, luck, parcel, part, percentage, serving, share