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portioning out

portioning out is the present participle and gerund of portion out.

Meaning of portion out

Verb

portion out (third-person singular simple present portions out, present participle portioning out, simple past and past participle portioned out)

  1. (transitive) To distribute in portions or shares; to apportion or allot.
    • Great crowds turned out to watch the carcass portioned out. The butchering itself was rough and inexpert, conducted rapidly with a serrated knife on the side of the road.2026 April 21, Cal Flyn, “On the trail with the hunters who believe shooting big game can save Africa’s wildlife”, in The Guardian

Questions about portioning out

What is portioning out the present participle and gerund of?
Portioning out is the present participle and gerund of portion out.

Words near portioning out in the dictionary

  1. portioner
  2. portioners
  3. portioneth
  4. portioning
  5. portioning off
  6. portioning out
  7. portionist
  8. portionists
  9. portionless
  10. portions
  11. portions off

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Adapted from Wiktionary: portioning out (page history and authors); portion out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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