1. a person's financial situation (good or bad)

    e.g. he found himself in straitened circumstances

2. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

    e.g. 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

    Synonym: fortunedestinyfatelucklotportion