serving

noun5

1. •
   an amount of food or drink that one person is expected to have at a meal
2. •
   A fraction or share.

   • Very few Latino rock and roll bands, in the days before Santana, managed to successfully steal even a slight serving of the nation's auditory attention. — 1990
3. •
   The act or process of serving.
4. •
   An instance of that act or process.
5. •
   A layer added to the outside of an electrical cable to protect it.