Relating to or denoting a part or portion of something.
The partitive nature of the agreement meant that each party received a specific share of the profits.
In grammar, describing or relating to a linguistic element or construction that expresses that only a portion of a whole is involved, often occurring with mass nouns.
In the request, "I'd like some coffee," the word "some" is used in a partitive sense, indicating an unspecified portion of coffee.