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Meanings of portion in English

Portuguese
circunstâncias
Catalan
ventura
Spanish
destino
Wikidata

Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

circunstâncias
Portuguese
porção
Catalan
component
Spanish
parte

Something determined in relation to something that includes it.

porção
Portuguese
parte
Catalan
tros
Spanish
parte

Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group.

parte
Portuguese
dote
Catalan
dot
Spanish
dote

Money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage.

dote
Synonyms
Examples for "dowry"
Examples for "dowry"
1
In the meanwhile, the servants had carried the dowry to the wagon.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
2
But my father promised he'd make sure my dowry was well protected.
The devil she knows
3
With her dowry William expanded his business and acquired a second shop.
Millionaire: the philanderer, gambler, and duelist who invented ...
4
On the condition that I-thatI fix the amount of the dowry.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
5
For those reasons, he is prepared to overlook your lack of dowry.
The viscount and the virgin
1
With the exception of certain dower rights the whole vests in yourself.
Youth Challenges
2
That her dower was anywhere near three thousand dollars was exceedingly doubtful.
The Rise of David Levinsky
3
A wife who remarried or bore a child lost her dower land.
Our Legal Heritage: The First Thousand Years: 600 - 1600 / King ...
4
When we have succeeded, we will give his daughter a handsome dower.
Frederick the Great and His Family: A Historical Novel
5
There was, however, no lack of candidates for Mary's hand and dower.
Trial of Mary Blandy
1
Farewell, Kathi; now that you have a dowery, you will speedily find a husband.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
Usage of portion in English
1
The next portion involves risk by building businesses and hiring good people.
Reuters
2
Well, let me go back to the second portion of my question.
The new yorker
3
Single-family homes account for a large portion of the home resale market.
Reuters
4
Air conditioning is a major portion of peak energy use, he said.
Reuters
5
The contractile vacuole is in the anterior neck-like portion of the body.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole / Bulletin of the United States ...
6
Up in Scotland, however, yesterday's portion of plot was far less straightforward.
The Irish Times
7
The 2011, updated Irish food pyramid offers good portion advice, she says.
The Irish Times
8
They exist mostly in the mountains in the northern portion of Arizona.
Building a State in Apache Land
9
The main facts are included in the portion of the opinion cited:
Forty Centuries of Ink / Or, A chronological narrative concernin...
10
Another great thing about food prep is that it controls portion size.
News.com.au
11
India's portion has been plagued by separatist violence since the late 1980s.
Reuters
12
A portion of the gas escaped and was collected in the jar.
The Harvard Classics Volume 38 / Scientific Papers (Physiology, ...
13
A portion of the new equity went to meeting regulatory capital requirements.
Reuters
14
A considerable portion of society has always supported him in these ideas.
Crime: Its Cause and Treatment
15
The greater portion of the support battalion is also in the ravine.
Fields of Victory
16
The only portion of the product available right now is the trailer.
Wired
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Translations for portion
Portion through the time
Portion across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
South Africa
Common
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