Portion vs Partage - What's the difference?
portion | partage |
An allocated amount.
That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
One's fate; lot.
* Bible, Luke xii. 46
* Keble
The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
* Bible, Luke xv. 12
A wife's fortune; a dowry.
* 1613 , , V. iv. 31:
To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
To endow with a portion or inheritance.
(obsolete) A part, portion or share.
Division, sharing; the act of portioning out or dividing up.
*, I.46:
*:looke into our Royall house, where so many partages [tr. ], so many surnames, and so many severall titles have so encumbred us, that the originall of the stocke is utterly lost.
(archaic, archaeology) The one-time standard practice of the divvying up of artifacts between archaeologists, their patrons and the host territory.
As nouns the difference between portion and partage
is that portion is an allocated amount while partage is (obsolete) a part, portion or share.As a verb portion
is to divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.portion
English
Noun
(en noun)- The lord of that servant will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
- Man's portion is to die and rise again.
- Give me the portion of goods that falleth to me.
- Commend me to her, and to piece her portion / Tender her this.
Usage notes
Relatively formal, compared to the more informal part or more concrete and casual piece. For example, “part of the money” (both informal) but “portion of the proceeds” (both formal).Synonyms
* part * pieceDerived terms
* portionless * proportionVerb
(en verb)- Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest. — Alexander Pope.
