[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it:I read a portion of the manuscript.Synonyms: segment , section Antonyms: whole", "an amount of food served for one person; serving; helping:He took a large portion of spinach.Synonyms: ration", "the part of a whole allotted to or belonging to a person or group; share.Synonyms: dividend , lot , quota , allotment", "the part of an estate that goes to an heir or a next of kin.Synonyms: inheritance", "Literary.something that is allotted to a person by God or fate.Synonyms: doom , destiny , lot , fortune", "(especially formerly) the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband at marriage; dowry."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to divide into or distribute in portions or shares (often followed byout).Synonyms: apportion , allot", "to furnish with a portion, as with an inheritance or a dowry:All of his children have been amply portioned.Synonyms: endow", "to provide with a lot or fate:She was portioned with sorrow throughout her life."]}]