<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it: I read a portion of the manuscript.</li><li>an amount of food served for one person; serving; helping: He took a large portion of spinach.</li><li>the part of a whole allotted to or belonging to a person or group; share.</li><li>the part of an estate that goes to an heir or a next of kin.</li><li>something that is allotted to a person by God or fate.</li><li>the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband at marriage; dowry.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to divide into or distribute in portions or shares (often followed by out).</li><li>to furnish with a portion, as with an inheritance or a dowry: All of his children have been amply portioned.</li><li>to provide with a lot or fate: She was portioned with sorrow throughout her life.</li></ul>