Food / B2

PORSHUN/ˈpɔːʃn/

A portion is a part of a whole, or an amount of food for one person: a portion of income; a small portion. Part is everyday; share stresses who gets it. Quote the portion of household income spent on rent. Mix-up: proportion (already in the dictionary) is a comparative share; portrait. Do not write portion for a percentage without the whole.

Meaning

A part of a whole; also an amount of food for one person.

Examples

• “Quote the portion of household income spent on rent, not a café serving.”
• “A portion of the sample was retested, which is the part-of-whole sense.”

Good to know

a portion of; food portions. Close: part / share. Trap: proportion (relative size). Maths, health, and food tech. A piece of a whole, or a serving.

Near in meaning

part

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