The meaning of Portion

verb

Distribute (resources or duties) for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

In past years we didn't allocate enough funds to infrastructure maintenance

verb

Distribute according to a plan or set apart for a purpose

verb

To give something as a share of a total amount

Usage examples:

State funds will not be allocated to the program next year.

verb

Give or apportion (something) to someone.

Usage examples:

Equal time was allotted to each

verb

To give a share of something for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

The board allotted $5000 to the recreation center., [ u ] there are huge differences in the allotme…

verb

To give a share of something to someone or something to use for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

Allot sth to sb/sth for sth $150,000 has been allotted to the museum for renovations.

verb

Divide up and share out.

Usage examples:

Voting power will be apportioned according to contribution

verb

To give or share something among several people or things

Usage examples:

How should medical care be funded and apportioned?

verb

To share something between several people or organizations

Usage examples:

Apportion sth between sb/sth the costs will be apportioned between the buyer and the seller., appor…

noun

A small piece, part, or quantity of something.

Usage examples:

Give the duck a bit of bread

verb

Past of bite.

verb

Put a bit into the mouth of (a horse).

Usage examples:

However, they can experience behavioral problems when ridden, many coming back to bad experiences w…

noun

A small bowl-shaped container for drinking from, typically having a handle.

Usage examples:

It shows men drinking from porcelain cups without handles, and coffee being served from a metal or …

verb

Form (one's hand or hands) into the curved shape of a cup.

Usage examples:

‘hey!’ dad shouted, with his hands cupped around his mouth

abbreviation

Cambridge university press.

noun

The events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future.

Usage examples:

She was unable to control her own destiny

noun

The particular state of a person or thing in the future, considered as resulting from earlier events

Usage examples:

[ c ] we all want to determine our own destinies.

phrasal verb

Administer or bestow, as in small portions

phrasal verb

To give something, or to tell something such as information or your opinions

Usage examples:

Nbc dished out more than $790 million to broadcast the athens games to u.s. audiences., the players…

verb

Distribute or provide (a service or information) to a number of people.

Usage examples:

Orderlies went round dispensing drinks

verb

To give out or provide an item or substance

Usage examples:

Is there a tourism agency that dispenses city maps?, this gasoline pump is capable of dispensing ei…

verb

To provide something such as a service, money, or information

Usage examples:

Dispense advice/information a personal financial manager will dispense advice on investments., the …

verb

Give a share or a unit of (something) to each of a number of recipients.

Usage examples:

Information leaflets are being distributed to hotels

verb

Give to several people

verb

To divide something among several or many people, or to spread or scatter something over an area

Usage examples:

Food and clothing are being distributed among/to the flood victims., shopping malls are widely dist…

phrasal verb

Give out as one's portion or share

noun

A dividend (= part of the profit of a company that is paid to the shareholders)

Usage examples:

The co-operative movement began operating its dividend or 'divvy' scheme 150 years ago., the boss d…

noun

Benefit paid by the state to the unemployed.

Usage examples:

I was on the dole for three years

verb

Distribute shares of something.

Usage examples:

The scanty portions of food doled out to them

noun

Sorrow; mourning.

phrasal verb

Distribute or dispense, as in small portions

phrasal verb

To give money, food, or something else that can be divided to several people

Usage examples:

I can’t keep doling out money to you kids.

noun

Chance or luck as an arbitrary force affecting human affairs.

Usage examples:

Some malicious act of fortune keeps them separate

noun

A very large amount of money or property

Usage examples:

They made a fortune in real estate., this dress cost a (small) fortune (= a lot of money)., [ u ] h…

noun

An extremely large amount of money

Usage examples:

Pay/spend a fortune the company needs to spend a fortune to bring all of its stores up to scratch.,…

noun

A small part broken off or separated from something.

Usage examples:

Small fragments of pottery

verb

Break or cause to break into fragments.

Usage examples:

Lough erne fragmented into a series of lakes

noun

A small piece or part, esp. one that is broken off of something

Usage examples:

A bone fragment, a fragment of indian pottery, she read a fragment of the story.

phrasal verb

Give to several people

phrasal verb

To last no longer, or to work no longer

Usage examples:

Food supplies will give out by the end of the week., they’re giving out free tickets to the circus.

phrasal verb

Give to several people

phrasal verb

To give something to each of a number of people

Usage examples:

Would you please hand out the balloons to the children?

phrasal verb

To give something to each person on a group or place

Usage examples:

Hand out fliers/leaflets he handed out fliers to advertise the store's bargains., hand out cash/mon…

noun

Property that is or may be inherited; an inheritance.

Usage examples:

They had stolen his grandfather's heritage

noun

Features belonging to the culture of a particular society, such as traditions, languages, or buildings, which come from the past and are still important

Usage examples:

The organization is devoted to preserving our cultural heritage.

noun

The history, traditions, practices, etc. of a particular country, society, or company that exist from the past and continue to be important

Usage examples:

Their marketing strategy emphasizes the company's belief in its unique engineering heritage.

noun

Destiny; fate.

Usage examples:

What chance did i stand against kismet?

noun

A force that some people think controls what happens in the future, and is outside human control

Usage examples:

It must have been kismet. a few months after accepting the commission, she learned she would be hav…

pronoun

A large number or amount; a great deal.

Usage examples:

There are a lot of actors in the cast

adverb

A great deal; much.

Usage examples:

He played tennis a lot last year

noun

A particular group or set of people or things.

Usage examples:

It's just one lot of rich people stealing from another

noun

Success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one's own actions.

Usage examples:

It was just luck that the first kick went in

noun

The force that causes things, especially good things, to happen to you by chance and not as a result of your own efforts or abilities

Usage examples:

It was just luck that i asked for a job at the right time., then i met this gorgeous woman and i co…

noun

A compact mass of a substance, especially one without a definite or regular shape.

Usage examples:

There was a lump of ice floating in the milk

verb

Put in an indiscriminate mass or group; treat as alike without regard for particulars.

Usage examples:

Hong kong and bangkok tend to be lumped together in holiday brochures

verb

Accept or tolerate a disagreeable situation whether one likes it or not.

Usage examples:

You can like it or lump it but i've got to work

phrasal verb

To weigh or measure a small amount of something from a larger amount

Usage examples:

Measure out two tablespoons of sugar and add to the hot water.

noun

An amount or section which, when combined with others, makes up the whole of something.

Usage examples:

Divide the circle into three equal parts

verb

(of two things) move away from each other.

Usage examples:

His lips parted in a smile

adverb

To some extent; partly (often used to contrast different parts of something).

Usage examples:

The city is now part slum, part consumer paradise

noun

A portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole.

Usage examples:

A piece of cheese

verb

Assemble something from parts or pieces.

Usage examples:

The dinosaur was pieced together from 119 bones

noun

A part of something

Usage examples:

A piece of cake/chicken/pizza, the vase lay on the floor in pieces (= broken into small parts)., sh…

noun

Any of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up.

Usage examples:

I unscrewed every section of copper pipe, from the roof tank to the hot-water cylinder

verb

Divide into sections.

Usage examples:

She began to section the grapefruit

noun

A part of something

Usage examples:

Dad always reads the sports section of the newspaper., he lived in a poor section of town., you’ll …

noun

A large, thick, flat piece of stone or concrete, typically square or rectangular in shape.

Usage examples:

Paving slabs

verb

Remove slabs from (a log or tree) to prepare it for sawing into planks.

Usage examples:

He slabbed the log on the two other remaining sides to make a rectangular timber

noun

A thin, broad piece of food, such as bread, meat, or cake, cut from a larger portion.

Usage examples:

Four slices of bread

verb

Cut (something, especially food) into slices.

Usage examples:

Slice the onion into rings

noun

A flat, often thin piece of food that has been cut from a larger piece

Usage examples:

A slice of bread/cake/pizza, she demanded a slice of the profits., the drama is a slice of life abo…

noun

A portion of something, especially money.

Usage examples:

They released the first tranche of the loan

noun

One of the parts into which a particular financial arrangement, payment, investment, etc. is divided

Usage examples:

The oil company will pay $2.4 billion in cash up front, with three annual tranches of $1.25 billion…

noun

A large piece or amount of something.

Usage examples:

He slapped a wodge of notes down on the counter

noun

A thick piece or a large amount of something

Usage examples:

She cut herself a great wodge of chocolate cake., he hurried towards the staffroom with a wodge of …