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portioner

Variant of portion

noun

  1. a part or limited quantity of anything, esp. that allotted to a person; share
  2. the part of an estate received by an heir
  3. the part of a man's money or property contributed by his bride; dowry
  4. the part of experience supposedly allotted to a person by fate; one's lot; destiny
  5. the part of a meal or quantity of food served to a person; serving; helping

transitive verb

  1. to divide into portions
  2. to give as a portion to; apportion
  3. to give a portion to; endow; dower

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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