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1. part, section, segment, division, proportion, majority, minority; piece, parcel, fragment, cantle, batch; sector, subdivision, detail, detachment; particle, scrap, morsel, bit, handful, cupful; slice, wedge, sliver, finger, rasher; cutting, sample, specimen, some; hunk, chunk, lump, stump, butt, corner; fraction, percentile, half, third, quarter, fifth, etc.

2. share, allotment, lot, dividend, quota, apportionment, assignment; commission, consignment, Sl. cut, Sl. whack; stake, stock, Sl. rake-off, percentage; measure, dose, amount, quantity, meed, modicum; pittance, dole, deal, stint; allowance, moiety, ration, Sl. chunk, Sl. slice of the pie.

3. plate, platter, serving, helping, help, course, dish; second helping, seconds, Inf. taste, ration.

4. dowry, dotation, Civil Law. dot, dower; inheritance, heritage, legacy, endowment; disposition, settlement, bequeathal, bequest, enfeoffment.

5. lot, fortune, fate, destiny, kismet, luck; cup, God's will, will of Heaven.

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6. distribute, disperse, allot, apportion, allocate, dole, deal, parcel; assign, consign, administer, mete, dispense; partition, quarter, break up, cut up, segment, sector, canton; divide, Sl. divvy up, halve, carve up, split.

7. endow, Law. devise, vest, invest, enfeoff; bequeath, leave, will to, pass on, hand down; bless with, favor with, grace with, give a dowry.