Portion

1. A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole.
2. To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute.
3. A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.
4. A wife's fortune; a dowry.
5. To endow with a portion or inheritance.
6. That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
7. The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance.