portion

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   One's fate; lot.

   The Lord of that ſeruant […] will appoint him his portion with the vnbeleeuers.

2. 2
   noun

   The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.

   Father, giue me the portion of goods that falleth to me.

3. 3
   noun

   A wife's fortune; a dowry.

   Commend me to her, and to piece her portion / Tender her this.

4. 4
   verb

   To endow with a portion or inheritance.

   Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest.

5. 5
   noun

   the allotment of some amount by dividing something

6. 6
   noun

   something less than the whole of a human artifact

7. 7
   noun

   an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal

8. 8
   noun

   money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin portiōder. Old French porcionbor. Middle English porcioun English portion From Middle English porcioun, borrowed from Old French porcion, from Latin portio (“a share, part, portion, relation, proportion”), akin to pars (“part”); see part. Compare proportion.