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portion  /prn/  n. 1 a small piece or section of a larger thing: I put a portion of my salary in a savings account each month. 2 a piece of s.t. larger that is given to one person or to one group, as in an inheritance: When her father died, she received a larger portion than her sister did. 3 a serving of food: That restaurant serves large portions of meat and potatoes. phrasal v. sep. [T] to portion s.t. out: to divide into pieces and give them to others: My grandmother portioned out her property among her five children before she died.||She portioned it out. portion

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