Meaning : Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you).
							Example : 
							Whatever my fortune may be.
							Deserved a better fate.
							Has a happy lot.
							The luck of the Irish.
							A victim of circumstances.
							Success that was her portion.
							
Meaning : A person's financial situation (good or bad).
							Example : 
							He found himself in straitened circumstances.