APPORTIONMENT
allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
(noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; “the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
apportionment (plural apportionments)
The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned.
(US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.
(US) The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states.
Source: Wiktionary
Ap*por"tion*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. apportionnement, LL. apportionamentum.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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