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Definition of Apportionment
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 Apportionment
1. n. 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.
Definition of Apportionment
1. Noun. The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned ¹
2. Noun. (American English) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states ¹
3. Noun. (American English) The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apportionment
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Apportionment
1. 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. Origin: Cf. F. Apportionnement, LL. Apportionamentum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apportionment
Literary usage of Apportionment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster, Edward Everett (1851)
"apportionment OF REPRESENTATION/ THE object of the following report is to set
forth the unjust operation of the rule by which the apportionment of ..."
2. The Works of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster (1890)
"apportionment OF REPRESENTATION/ THE object of the following report is to set
forth the unjust operation of the rule by which the apportionment of ..."
3. Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political by John Joseph Lalor (1883)
"The initial apportionment of representation prior to the existence of a written
constitution in the original states was in general made by the revolutionary ..."
4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"The purpose in requiring the enumeration is to fix the number of voters in each
county, at the time the apportionment is made, in order that the legislature ..."
5. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"(2) In its strict legal interpretation apportionment falls into two classes, "
apportionment in respect of estate " and " apportionment in respect of time. ..."
6. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William Hickey, United States (1854)
"And provided, also, That if, after the apportionment of the Representatives under
the next, or any subsequent census, a new State or States shall be ..."
7. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1858)
"But the convenience of mankind dictated the necessity of an apportionment of rent
in a variety of cases. Though it was a principle of the common law that an ..."
8. The Science of Finance: An Investigation of Public Expenditures and Public by Henry Carter Adams (1898)
"(3) apportionment and the Contributory Theory of Taxation. ... THE question of
apportionment of taxes leads to a consideration of the relative duty of ..."
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