单词 | portioning |
释义 | portioningn. 1. The division of something into portions; (also) the distribution of portions. Frequently with out. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > dividing and sharing out partingc1330 departinga1340 divisionc1380 partition1429 departison1444 dividentc1450 skiftingc1450 partage1484 portiona1513 departition?c1530 dividend1535 portioning1556 reparting1574 repartment1574 parcery1582 sharing1598 apportion1628 compartition1636 department1677 dividing1719 whacking1851 partitionment1864 divide1873 share-out1877 whack1885 sharesies1916 carve-up1935 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties ii. f. 78 By reason of the euen portioning of the prise: bothe Bargulus..had greate riches: and much greater had Uiriatus the Lusitane. 1850 Times 4 Dec. 8/5 The Pope's act..was nothing more than the portioning out of the Roman Catholics of the country. 1862 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris (1880) 27 The science of Political Economy would remain..the weighing of clouds, and the portioning out of shadows. 1912 T. E. Hulme tr. H. Bergson Introd. to Metaphysics 42 It is..natural and legitimate in daily life to proceed by the juxtaposition and portioning out of concepts. 1997 Bakers' Rev. Sept. 89/2 Also on display will be equipment for extrusion, co-extrusion, dividing, sheeting, portioning and depositing. 2. The action of portion v. 3; the provision of a daughter with a marriage portion. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [noun] > dowry > action of providing with portioning1697 1697 G. Stanhope tr. P. Charron Of Wisdom I. i. lxii. 515 Men during their own Life-time, in Alienations, Dowries, and Portioning of Children when they Marry..; or else by last Will, and Bequest at the time of their Death [etc.]. 1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany III. 521 Revenues..consecrated to the portioning of noble young ladies in marriage. 1968 C. M. Arensberg & S. T. Kimball Family & Community Irel. (ed. 2) viii. 142 The portioning off of the children and the success with which it is done is the pride as well as the duty of every farm family. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1556 |
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