portion

portion

โ€˜Portionโ€™ย is used to talk about aย partย orย share of something. Itโ€™s quite common in the expression โ€˜your portion of the blame for somethingโ€™, which means your share of the responsibility. In business, itโ€™s also used with words like โ€˜profitsโ€™ etc.

Management must accept itsย portionย of the blame for the companyโ€™s poor performance.

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