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Definition of Apportioning
1. 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"
Specialized synonyms: Grant, Subsidisation, Subsidization, Reallocation, Reallotment, Reapportionment, Deal, Rationing, Parcel, Portion, Share
Generic synonyms: Distribution
Derivative terms: Allocate, Allot, Apportion, Assign, Parcel, Parcel
Definition of Apportioning
1. Verb. (present participle of apportion) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apportioning
1. apportion [v] - See also: apportion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apportioning
Literary usage of Apportioning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. by Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, Albert Ellery Bergh (1905)
"Opinion on the Bill apportioning Representation. April 4, 1792. ... The bill for
apportioning representatives among the several States, without explaining ..."
2. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. by Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, Albert Ellery Bergh (1905)
"Opinion on the Bill apportioning Representation. April 4, 1792. ... The bill for
apportioning representatives among the several States, without explaining ..."
3. Constitution and Laws of the Cherokee Nation by Cherokee Nation (1875)
"apportioning REPRESENTATION IN THE COUNCIL. DELAWARE DISTRICT. Sec. 10. Commencing at
the mouth of Rock creek, oil Grand river, and up said creek to the ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"... proceedings in any court, for the purpose of apportioning the sum for which
the owner of the vessel may be liable, among the parties entitled thereto. ..."
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