Definition of portion

• n. - That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
• n. - A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole.
• n. - A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.
• n. - 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.
• n. - A wife's fortune; a dowry.
• v. t. - To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute.
• v. t. - To endow with a portion or inheritance.