Portion Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0

portion n
1. something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach" [syn: part, component part, component]
2. something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" [syn: part]
3. the result of parcelling out or sharing; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologicans" [syn: parcel, share]
4. assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash" [syn: share, part, percentage]
5. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion" [syn: fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances]
6. an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each" [syn: helping, serving] v : give out or allot; "We were assigned new uniforms" [syn: assign, allot]

Portion Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Portion \Por"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Portioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Portioning.]
1. To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute. And portion to his tribes the wide domain. --Pope.

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* Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends. - Dwight D Eisenhower

* The only gift is a portion of thyself. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

* Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make use of a very small portion of their possible consciousness, and of their soul's resources in general, much like a man who, out of his whole bodily organism, should get into a habit of using and moving only his lttle finger. Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed. - William James


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