portion

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A part of something larger.

   A large portion of the budget goes to education.

2. 2
   noun

   An amount of food served to one person.

   The restaurant serves very generous portions.

3. 3
   verb

   To divide something into parts and share it out.

   She portioned out the soup into four bowls.

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.

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