preportion

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ portion.

Verb

preportion (third-person singular simple present preportions, present participle preportioning, simple past and past participle preportioned)

1. To divide into individual portions before use.
   • 2005, Restaurant Startup & Growth, page 64:

     Take the time to review the menu and identify items that can be preportioned.

   • 2013, Issues in Teaching and Education Policy, Research, and Special Topics, →ISBN:

     In the second and fourth weeks, trained servers preportioned kindergarteners' plates with 4 nuggets.

   • 2016, Brooke Griffin, Skinny Suppers: 125 Lightened-Up, Healthier Meals for Your Family, →ISBN:

     I just wasn't sure if I wanted to devote part of my weekend to chopping veggies, cooking and dicing chicken breasts, and preportioning everything when I wasn't even cooking a meal.

Anagrams

• pro-protein, proprotein