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have a portion of

VERB

Synonyms

STRONGEST

distribute divide participate receive split

STRONG

accord administer allot apportion assign bestow deal dispense divvy part partake partition prorate quota ration shift slice yield

WEAK

be a party to cut the pie divide with divvy up dole out give and take give out go Dutch go fifty-fifty go halves go in with have a hand in mete out parcel out pay half piece up slice up split up take a part of

Antonyms

STRONGEST

collect combine gather hold join keep maintain

STRONG

deny disallow disapprove oppose refuse take unite withhold

WEAK

be selfish

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The departing schools will have a portion of their distributions withheld this spring as part of the settlement.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2024

But families currently enrolled in CalWORKs would still have a portion of their child support payments intercepted by the state.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2022

“We’ll let you have a portion of the advantage we give to richer companies who pay us” doesn’t sound that generous to me.

From The Verge • Sep. 3, 2021

Gibson’s family members are also seeking to have a portion of West 143rd Street between Lennox and Seventh Avenue where she grew up to be renamed Althea Gibson Way.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2019

I began to make little presents, for I am determined our friends shall have a portion of her Majesty's goods as well as our enemies; which latter, indeed, took them away from us by force.

From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by Richardson, James

have a portion of

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