English > apportionment: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | The act of distributing by allotting / allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan. |
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| Example | "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state" |
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| Synonyms | allotment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation |
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| Narrower | deal | The act of apportioning or distributing something |
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| grant, subsidization, subsidisation | The act of providing a subsidy |
| parcel, portion, share | The allotment of some amount by dividing something |
| rationing | The act of rationing |
| reallotment, reapportionment, reallocation | A new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results) |
| Broader | distribution | The act of distributing or spreading or apportioning |
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| Catalan | repartiment |
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| Spanish | repartimiento |
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| Verbs | apportion | distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose |
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