The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
An allocated amount.
That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
One's fate; lot.
A wife's fortune; a dowry.
To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
To endow with a portion or inheritance.
The lowest class of citizens, who had no property and few rights, and were regarded as contributing only their offspring to the state.
Wage earners collectively, excluding salaried workers; people who own no capital and depend on their labour for survival; the working class, especially when seen as engaged in a class struggle with the bourgeoisie (“the capital-owning class”).
The lowest class of society; also, the lower classes of society generally; the masses.