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portion

noun allotment, amount, component, excerpt, fair share, fragment, installment, measure, moiety, part, percentage, piece, portion, quantity, quota, ration, section, sector, segment, share

portion

verb allocate, allot, apportion, bequeath, break down into portions, break up into units, budget, disperse, divide into shares, dole, dole out, parcel, partition, prorate, ration, section, segment, separate, split up, split up into units, subdivide

portion

1 a share of property, especially one coming to a child from the estate of his parents.

2 the property given by a woman to her husband at marriage; dowry.

3 to give a dowry or portion to (a person); endow.

PORTION. That part of a parent's estate, or the estate of one standing in loco parentis, which is given to a child. 1 Vern. 204. Vide 8 Com. Dig. 539; 16 Vin. Ab. 4321; 1 Supp. to Ves. Jr. 34, 58, 303, 308; 2 Id. 46, 370, 404.

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With the increase in portion size and the findings of the first survey of dietitians and nutritionists in mind, this writer asked the four health professionals in the recent experiment to estimate the fat and calorie content of restaurant portions of eight items: eggplant Parmesan, fritto misto, risotto, lasagna, gnocchi with mushrooms, fettuccine with creamed spinach, a salmon plate, a mixed salad and a focaccia sandwich with chicken and pancetta.

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The number of people who die from coronary heart disease each year The increase in the size of ready meals and family-sized crisp bags over the past 20 years the number of calories increase for plain sweetmeal biscuits compared to 1993 INDIVIDUAL ready meals and family-sized crisp bags have ballooned in size by 50% in the past 20 years, according to a new report into portion sizes in Wales.

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