Portion /(?)/

1. That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
2. A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole.

   These are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him!

   Portions and parcels of the dreadful past.

3. A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.

   The lord of that servant . . . will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

   Man's portion is to die and rise again.

4. 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.

   Give me the portion of goods that falleth to me.

5. A wife's fortune; a dowry.

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.

2. To endow with a portion or inheritance.

   Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest.