portion in WordNet English dictionary

1. give out
   "We were assigned new uniforms"
   assign  allot  portion 
   

1. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
   "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"
   fortune  destiny  fate  luck  lot  circumstances  portion 
   
2. something determined in relation to something that includes it
   "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"
   part  portion  component part  component  constituent 
   
3. money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
   dowry  dowery  dower  portion 
   
4. an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
   "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each"
   helping  portion  serving 
   
5. the allotment of some amount by dividing something
   "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"
   parcel  portion  share 
   
6. something less than the whole of a human artifact
   "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
   part  portion 
   
7. assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
   "he wanted his share in cash"
   share  portion  part  percentage