1. (

• fortune ,
• destiny ,
• fate ,
• luck ,
• lot ,
• circumstances ,
• portion

) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "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" ;

2. (

• circumstances

) a person's financial situation (good or bad); "he found himself in straitened circumstances" ;