Portion Out (Verb)
Meaning
Give out as one's portion or share.
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The caterer portioned out the leftover food to the guests and the staff.
- She portioned out equal parts of the cake to each of the kids at the party.
- Throughout the famine, the charity portioned out meager rations to those in need.
- The chef carefully portioned out the ingredients for the recipe to each of the students.
- Each of the volunteers helped to portion out the donated clothes among the people affected by the disaster.