portion
noun
a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it.
had portioned
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past perfectof portion.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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So that at last he had portioned out or engaged almost all the royal property; which giving Perdiccas an occasion to ask him what he would leave himself, he answered, "My hopes."
From The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls by John S. (John Stuart) White
So that at last he had portioned out or engaged almost all the royal property; which giving Perdiccas an occasion to ask him what he would leave himself, he replied, his hopes.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough
They had portioned this out like shipwrecked people on a raft....
From Mr. Britling Sees It Through by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
His own sisters he had portioned off handsomely; and one of his greatest relaxations was to visit their abodes and to delight in their happiness and prosperity.
From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Richard Cobbold
His new position was strengthened by the liberal way in which he had portioned out his possessions to the workingman.
From Tom Grogan by Francis Hopkinson Smith
