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Sentence count:252+14Posted:2016-07-16Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: divisionfractionfragmentpartpiecesectionsegmentshareSimilar words: proportionin proportion toabortiontransportationreportingsupportivecorporationparticipationMeaning: ['pɔrʃn /'pɔː-]  n. 1. something determined in relation to something that includes it 2. something less than the whole of a human artifact 3. the allotment of some amount by dividing something 4. assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group 5. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) 6. money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage 7. an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal. v. give out or allot. 
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61. The rent on his portion of an apartment in the projects in central Brooklyn was $ 150.
62. I never complained as I went off to watch West Ham that afternoon, having scoffed his portion of chips.
63. That could lead to losses of a significant portion of the 100, 000 tons of city-generated waste handled by county landfills.
64. By contrast, traditional indemnity health insurance pays a large portion of the bill for whatever medical care patients seek.
65. Members of the Monodactylidae family are marine fish that spend a portion of their lives in fresh or brackish water.
66. Berkowitz said a portion of the money paid to her clients would be earmarked for therapy and counseling sessions.
67. A portion of both trips includes a tax-deductible donation to the Palos Verdes Art Center.
68. In a partnership a trader was required to keep a substantial portion of his wealth in the firm.
69. Only a year, more frequently one portion of a year, is given to local history, geography,(Sentence dictionary) or law.
70. He said that portion returned to the river would have a higher concentration of nitrates but would be diluted very quickly.
71. Indubitable evidences of an ancient custom of ritual regicide have been found over a great portion of the globe.
72. A source close to Clinton said that an undetermined portion of the proceeds will go to charity.
73. William Heath Davis, who subdivided this portion of San Diego in 1850, reserved the block for a federal courthouse.
74. A good portion of yesterday's volumes reflected activity by market makers, getting their trading books just as flat as possible.
75. But it will be the only portion of the total compensation that is in any way secure.
76. But they have not yet standardized the audio portion of the new disc.
77. The problem is that the patient often has to pay a portion of the cost for the community based services.
78. Yet the real energy gain in fuels does not come from burning the carbon component of hydrocarbons(sentencedict.com), but the hydrogen portion.
79. The substantial portion of £18,000 doubtless reflected interalia the disparity of age: Mary Banks was thirty, John Savile twenty-two.
80. I am bound to say that the stars were the more serious and quiet portion of the gathering.
81. A portion of rentals on leased cars costing in excess of £12,000 is disallowed for tax purposes.
82. They had microwave ovens where he was able to heat up a portion of hot food to eat in the car.
83. Third, a large portion of published literature in comparative politics uses quantitative analysis.
84. There was nothing so fine as a good meaty portion of best blood sausage.
85. Battered and bruised as usual, a sizable portion of their offense decimated by injury.
86. Although money is technically building up in the trust funds, a portion often is withheld as a part of deficit reduction.
87. Had her internal regulator failed her and allowed in a larger portion than she could handle?
88. The taxpayers' portion of the stadium cost is capped at $ 253 million.
89. His own portion was put in the cupboard, except for the elaborately boxed cookies that he stashed in his nightstand.
90. But to that doctor I owe a portion of my sanity.
More similar words: proportionin proportion toabortiontransportationreportingsupportivecorporationparticipationportreportexportimportsupportportrayairportsupporterreport onportraitreporterimportantportfoliotransportreportedlyin support ofimportantlyopportunityof importanceactive transportnotionoption
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