• (America) IPA: /ˈpɔɹʃən/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈpɔːʃən/
• (Scotland, Ireland, other varieties without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA: /ˈpoəɹʃən/, /ˈpoːɹʃən/, /ˈpoɹʃən/

portion (plural portions)

1. An allocated amount.
2. That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
3. One's fate; lot.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Luke 12:46 ↗:

     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 or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
   • Bible, Luke xv. 12

     Give me the portion of goods that falleth to me.

5. A wife's fortune; a dowry.
   • 1613, William Shakespeare, The Two Noble Kinsmen, V. iv. 31:

     Commend me to her, and to piece her portion / Tender her this.

• part
• piece

• French: part, portion
• German: Teil
• Italian: porzione
• Portuguese: porção
• Russian: до́ля
• Spanish: porción

portion (portions, present participle portioning; past and past participle portioned)

1. (transitive) To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
2. (transitive) To endow with a portion or inheritance.
   • 1733, Alexander Pope, Epistle to Bathurst

     Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest.

• apportion
• divide, divide up
• divvy, divvy up