·noun A wife's fortune; a dowry.
II. Portion ·noun A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.
III. Portion ·vt To endow with a portion or inheritance.
IV. Portion ·noun A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole.
V. Portion ·noun That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
VI. Portion ·vt To separate or divide into portions or shares; to Parcel; to Distribute.
VII. Portion ·noun 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.