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PORTION OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Give out as one's portion or share
Synonyms:
apportion; deal; divvy up; portion out; share
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
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
