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Definition of Reapportionment
1. Noun. A new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results).
Generic synonyms: Allocation, Allotment, Apportioning, Apportionment, Assignation, Parceling, Parcelling
Specialized synonyms: Reshuffle
Geographical relationships: America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
Derivative terms: Reallocate, Reallot, Reapportion
Definition of Reapportionment
1. n. A second or a new apportionment.
Definition of Reapportionment
1. Noun. The act of reapportioning; a second or subsequent apportionment. ¹
2. Noun. (US politics) Reassignment of representation in a legislature, especially of U.S. House of Representative seats, in accord with changes in the census population determination. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reapportionment
1. apportionment [n -S] - See also: apportionment
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reapportionment
Literary usage of Reapportionment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Territorial Basis of Government Under the State Constitutions, Local by Alfred Zantzinger Reed (1911)
"PERIODIC Reapportionment The Connecticut Legislature is authorized to make its
reapportionment at intervals of ten years, on the basis of population, ..."
2. The History of the United States of America by Richard Hildreth (1851)
"CHATTER of the House was the reapportionment of representation, in accordance
with the new census recently completed. 1802. ..."
3. The History of the United States of America by Richard Hildreth (1879)
"One of the first subjects which engaged the attention of the House was a
reapportionment of representation, Jan. 14. in accordance with the new census ..."
4. Old Time Notes of Pennsylvania: A Connected and Chronological Record of the by Alexander Kelly McClure (1905)
"... A Legislature Divided Against Itself—Futile Efforts at Reapportionment of the
State — Except as to the Judiciary — An Extra Session of the Legislature ..."
5. Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1911 by Franklin Hichborn (1911)
"Reapportionment. Shifting of Population to Large Cities, for the First Time in
the State's History Presented Problems in Re- ..."
6. Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York by William H. Steele, Charles Elliott Fitch (1900)
"We would willingly have consented to any just principle of apportionment for the
future, or to any honest reapportionment, if you had demanded that it ..."
7. State of New York: Messages from the Governors by New York (State). Governor (1909)
"I recommend for your consideration the subject of a reapportionment of members
of Assembly among the several counties of the State and an alteration of ..."
8. A History of the California Initiative Process (1912-1998) by Bill Jones (2000)
"23 Reapportionment-Legislative Districts — (1981) Reapportionment by Districting
Rejected by voters, Nov 1960 Rejected by voters, Nov 1962 — Failed to ..."
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