portion
IPA: pˈɔrʃʌn
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 part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
- A wife's fortune; a dowry.
verb
- (transitive) To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
- (transitive) To endow with a portion or inheritance.
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Examples of "portion" in Sentences
- The bark is the medicinal portion.
- The portion to the west was for the Indians.
- Generally, the term portion has a lower commission rate.
- This is the last part of the central portion of the book.
- It consists of a piece from the hind portion of the cranium.
- The curable compound includes a cured portion and an uncured portion.
- The end portions of the side portions are bent transversely inwardly.
- Over time, the term portion of the policy is replaced with whole life.
- The coupling part constitutes the tripping portion of the bimetal strip.
- The decorative portion is shaped to conform to the free portion of the ear.
- The lower portion is tapered inwardly and downwardly from the upper portion.
- The diagnostic portion can be the most difficult and costly portion of the test.
- 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.