portion
Definitions
noun
An allocated amount.
That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
One's fate; lot.
The Lord of that ſeruant […] will appoint him his portion with the vnbeleeuers.
Man's portion is to die and rise again.
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.
O! yearning heart! I did inherit Thy withering portion with the fame, The searing glory which hath shone Amid the jewels of my throne, Halo of Hell!
A wife's fortune; a dowry.
Commend me to her, and to piece her portion / Tender her this.
I took part of a small house in the Old Jewry; and being advised to alter my condition, I married Mrs. Mary Burton, second daughter to Mr. Edmund Burton, hosier, in Newgate-street, with whom I received four hundred pounds for a portion.
verb
To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
To endow with a portion or inheritance.
Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest.