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PORTION OUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does portion out mean?
• PORTION OUT (verb)
The verb PORTION OUT has 1 sense:
1. give out as one's portion or share
Familiarity information: PORTION OUT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Give out as one's portion or share
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
apportion; deal; divvy up; portion out; share
Hypernyms (to "portion out" is one way to...):
distribute; give out; hand out; pass out (give to several people)
"Portion out" entails doing...:
divide; part; separate (come apart)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Context examples
“He has confessed to all. It only remains for me to portion out the punishment which is due to his evil conduct.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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