portion
pawr shuhn
- n something determined in relation to something that includes it
I read a portion of the manuscript - n something less than the whole of a human artifact
- n the allotment of some amount by dividing something
- n assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- n your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
success that was her portion - n money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
- n an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
his portion was larger than hers - v give out
- Doctors with scores in the bottom quartile on the test's communication-related portion had 70% more legitimate complaints per year of practice than the top-quartile performers; the .
- Ahrendts manages a good portion of the women's labels and all of the men's.
- Maggie and Terre Roche flirted with fame once before and have logged a fair portion of time in the psychic danger zone.