portion

IPA: pˈɔrʃʌn

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 part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
A wife's fortune; a dowry.

Examples of "portion" in Sentences

Generally, the term portion has a lower commission rate.
Over time, the term portion of the policy is replaced with whole life.
The complaint is that Google is trimming the title portion of the article in the RSS feed.
The main portion is he never spoke about or cared about Healthcare until he was running for president.
The rider allows the term portion to be gradually replaced over time to paid-up whole life protection.
The word portion has several shades of meaning piece, part, segment, allotment; it can even mean one's inheritance, or lot in life.
On the term portion, we were able to lower interest expense and we expect to save about $8 million in interest expense over the life of the facility.
Here's the scoop: The G2 includes 4GB of internal memory, of which a portion is accessible for downloading applications from the Android Market and a portion is allocated for both the operating system and preloaded applications.
With the delightful exception of Buster Keaton, the “entertainment” a euphemism portion of the program—the guests and the games and the giddiness—all had to take place between and around the inviolate core of our show, the commercials.
So at the end of the day, the onus is on the buyers to decide whether they are comfortable with the term "portion of the proceeds," and whether they choose to bid on items that not only support charity, but benefit a celebrity's bank account even more.