PORTION OUT
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
• PORTION OUT (verb)
Meaning:
Give out as one's portion or share
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
divvy up; portion out; apportion; share; deal
Hypernyms (to "portion out" is one way to...):
distribute; give out; hand out; pass out (give out)
"Portion out" entails doing...:
divide; part; separate (come apart)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
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