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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 shareplay

  Familiarity information: PORTION OUT used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PORTION OUT (verb)


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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