Portion

Noun

 * 1) An allocated amount.

Synonyms

 * part
 * piece

Derived terms

 * portionless
 * proportion

Verb

 * 1)  To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.

Synonyms

 * divide, divide up
 * divvy, divvy up

Derived terms

 * portion off
 * portion out

Adjectives for Portion
dense; important; ascending; priceless; descending; prodigal; hearty; healthful; considerable; flourishing; prescribed; plenteous; energetic; edible; introductory; cascading; dim; minute; mobile; speculative; residual; petty; various (pi); regenerative; generous; chasm-like; valuable; untouched; inviting; vast; integral; tolerable; lofty; broad; compensated; dangerous; uncovered; equitable; unexplored; submerged; astonishing; large; continued; remote; silvery; disinterested; alloted; soluble; superficial; protruding; substantial; picturesque; fleshy.

Verbs for Portion
allot—to; allow—; break into—s; carve into—s ;  deal—s;   distribute—s;   divide.

Adverbs for Portion
fairly; equitably; substantially; prodigally; magnanimously; arbitrarily.

Thesaurus
Friday, Friday the thirteenth, adjunct, administer, allocate, allocation, allot, allotment, allowance, amount, antepast, appanage, appointed lot, apportion, apportionment, assign, assignment, astral influences, astrology, bag, bang, batch, beverage, big end, bigger half, bit, bite, bolt, book of fate, booster, booster dose, booster shot, break up, budget, bumper, bunch, carve, carve up, chunk, circumstance, clutch, coil, commission, component, consign, constellation, contingent, count, course, cover, cross section, cup, cut, cut up, deal, deal out, deck, dessert, destination, destiny, detachment, detail, dies funestis, disburse, dish, dispense, disperse, dispose, distribute, district, divide, divide into shares, divide up, divide with, dividend, division, divvy, divvy up, dole, dole out, doom, dose, dot, dower, dowry, draft, dram, drench, drink, dropping, drug packet, end, endowment, entree, entremets, equal share, fatality, fate, fix, foredoom, fortune, foundation, fraction, fragment, future, give out, gob, group, gulp, guzzle, half, halver, heap, help, helping, hit, hunk, ides of March, inevitability, injection, installment, interest, investment, issue, item, jointure, kismet, lap, large amount, legal jointure, libation, lot, lump, mainlining, marriage portion, measure, measure out, meed, member, mess, mete, mete out, modicum, moiety, moira, morsel, narcotic shot, nip, number, overdose, pack, parcel, parcel out, part, particular, partition, pass around, pay out, peg, percentage, piece, place, planets, plate, platter, popping, portion out, potation, potion, proportion, prorate, pull, quadrant, quaff, quantity, quantum, quarter, quota, rake-off, random sample, ration, remainder, roll, run, sample, sampling, scrap, second helping, section, sector, segment, service, serving, settlement, share, share out, share with, shift, shot, sip, skin-popping, slice, slice the pie, slice up, sliver, slug, slurp, small amount, small share, snort, split, split up, spoon out, stake, stars, stock, strip, subdivide, subdivision, subgroup, subspecies, suck, sum, sup, swig, swill, thirds, tot, unlucky day, wedge, weird, wheel of fortune, will of Heaven, zone

Etymology
From porcioun: <  porcion: <  portio:, akin to pars:; see part. Compare proportion.

Noun

 * Arabic: جزء
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 一部分, 部分
 * Dutch:, portie
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 部分


 * Korean: 일부 (一部)
 * Kurdish:
 * Portuguese: porção
 * Romanian: porțiune,, porție, fragment, cotă-parte
 * Russian:, порция, часть
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese: phần (分)

Noun

 * 1) portion

Etymology
Borrowed from portionem (nominative of portio).

Anagrams

 * potiron