About The Word Apportionment
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Apportionment
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What's The Definition Of Apportionment?
[n] the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Apportionment: allocation | allotment | apportioning | assignation | parceling | parcelling Related Terms | Find terms related to Apportionment: See Also | deal | distribution | grant | parcel | portion | rationing | reallocation | reallotment | reapportionment | share | subsidisation | subsidization Apportionment In Webster's Dictionary \Ap*por"tion*ment\, n. [Cf. F. apportionnement,
LL. apportionamentum.]
The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or
shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to
each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or
property. --A. Hamilton.
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