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The amount you take before you realize you wanted more.
means A part of a whole, especially a share of food or an allotted amount given to someone.
from From Latin 'portio,' meaning a share or proportion, related to 'pars' (part). It traveled through Old French as 'porcion' before settling into English, carrying the sense of a piece measured out from a larger whole.
- plate trick
- Smaller plates make portions feel bigger to the brain
- size creep
- Restaurant portions have ballooned since the 1970s
- royal roots
- Word shares ancestry with 'part' and 'proportion'
- inheritance
- A 'portion' once meant a daughter's dowry share
for instance
recommended daily allowance — fda standard serving size on nutrition labels, e.g. 1 cup cereal = 1 portion
dowry in inheritance law — historical portion of estate allocated to daughters in hindu and islamic succession codes