What is the meaning of portion?

noun

• Something determined in relation to something that includes it.
  • usage: "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton"
  • synonyms: part, component part, component, constituent
• Something less than the whole of a human artifact.
  • usage: "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
  • synonyms: part
• The allotment of some amount by dividing something.
  • usage: "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"
  • synonyms: parcel, share
• Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group.
  • usage: "he wanted his share in cash"
  • synonyms: share, part, percentage
• Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you. )
  • usage: "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
  • synonyms: fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances
• Money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage.
  • synonyms: dowry, dowery, dower
• An individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal.
  • usage: "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each"
  • synonyms: helping, serving

verb

• Give out.
  • usage: "We were assigned new uniforms"
  • synonyms: assign, allot