APPORTIONMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does apportionment mean? 

• APPORTIONMENT (noun)
  The noun APPORTIONMENT has 1 sense:

1. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan

  Familiarity information: APPORTIONMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APPORTIONMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

allocation; allotment; apportioning; apportionment; assignation; parceling; parcelling

Context example:

the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state

Hypernyms ("apportionment" is a kind of...):

distribution (the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "apportionment"):

grant; subsidisation; subsidization (the act of providing a subsidy)

reallocation; reallotment; reapportionment (a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results))

deal (the act of apportioning or distributing something)

rationing (the act of rationing)

parcel; portion; share (the allotment of some amount by dividing something)

Derivation:

apportion (distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose)