Portion
Portion , noun
[French, from Latin portio, akin to pars, partis, a part. See Part, n.]
1.
That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
2.
A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole.
These are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him!
Portions and parcels of the dreadful past.
3.
A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.
The lord of that servant... will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
Man's portion is to die and rise again.
4.
The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance.
Give me the portion of goods that falleth to me.
5.
A wife's fortune; a dowry. — Shakespeare
Portion , transitive verb
1.
To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute.
And portion to his tribes the wide domain.
2.
To endow with a portion or inheritance.
Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest.