Noun

(en noun)

(countable) A portion or serving, especially of food that one takes for oneself, or to which one helps oneself;

She eagerly took a second helping of ice cream.

(figurative, countable) An amount or quantity

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, year=2012 , date=June 19 , author=Phil McNulty , title=England 1-0 Ukraine , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Wayne Rooney marked his England return with the goal that secured a place in Euro 2012's last eight - but it was a rough passage eased by helpings of good fortune and controversy against Ukraine.}}