Meaning of APPORTIONMENT
| Pronunciation: | | u'powrshunmunt
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[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" |
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APPORTIONMENT is a 13 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | allocation, allotment, apportioning, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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| | See Also: | | deal, distribution, grant, parcel, portion, rationing, reallocation, reallotment, reapportionment, share, subsidisation, subsidization | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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