PORTION

I. noun Etymology: Middle English porcioun, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~-, portio; akin to Latin part-, pars part Date: 14th century an individual's part or share of something: as, a share received by gift or inheritance, dowry , enough food especially of one kind to serve one person at one meal, an individual's lot, fate, or fortune ; one's share of good and evil, an often limited part set off or abstracted from a whole, see: part II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 14th century to divide into ~s ; distribute , to allot a dowry to ; dower