Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To divide and assign according to a plan; allot: synonym: distribute.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To divide and assign in just proportion or according to some rule; distribute proportionally; allot: as, to
apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various employments. - Synonyms Dispense, Distribute, etc. See
dispense .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
divide anddistribute portions of awhole . - verb transitive Specifically, to do so in a
fair andequitable manner; toallocate proportionally .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb give out as one's portion or share
- verb distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Once you have decided that you have permission to buy and once you get permission to apportion, that is to say, to divvy up the goods, then you can implement it, but it takes a long time, and it is complicated.
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Census data will be used to "apportion" Congressional seats to each state.
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Census data will be used to "apportion" Congressional seats to each state.
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By 1836, all states except South Carolina which had the Legislature apportion the vote used the unit rule.
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Anyhow, it was their legacy to apportion as they saw fit, since it was they who had led the two crucial wars that formed the bookends, as it were, to this episode; and they never admired the D'Annunzio-style "grande geste" of a Moshe Dayan (also Begin's Foreign Minister at the time), Begin, or an Ariel Sharon.
Robert Eisenman: If Menachem Begin Wore Swim Trunks, He Would Never Have Withdrawn from Sinai (and Castro's Recent Comments) Robert Eisenman 2010
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A key question for donors and public-health leaders is how to apportion existing AIDS funding to implement new prevention tools while continuing to treat patients most in need of life-saving drugs.
Curbing AIDS Set As a U.S. Priority Betsy McKay 2011
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Conversely, when execution is faulty and failure occurs, crimes are exposed, and an effort to apportion blame and punishment is launched by the guilty and innocent alike.
Lyric Hughes Hale: Why the Bankers Aren't In Jail Lyric Hughes Hale 2011
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I'm struck by the absence of irony in among those who exalt our independence at the same time they work to apportion its benefits.
Dr. Peggy Drexler: Once Again, a Time for Reflection Dr. Peggy Drexler 2011
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Anyhow, it was their legacy to apportion as they saw fit, since it was they who had led the two crucial wars that formed the bookends, as it were, to this episode; and they never admired the D'Annunzio-style "grande geste" of a Moshe Dayan (also Begin's Foreign Minister at the time), Begin, or an Ariel Sharon.
Robert Eisenman: If Menachem Begin Wore Swim Trunks, He Would Never Have Withdrawn from Sinai (and Castro's Recent Comments) Robert Eisenman 2010
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Anyhow, it was their legacy to apportion as they saw fit, since it was they who had led the two crucial wars that formed the bookends, as it were, to this episode; and they never admired the D'Annunzio-style "grande geste" of a Moshe Dayan (also Begin's Foreign Minister at the time), Begin, or an Ariel Sharon.
Robert Eisenman: If Menachem Begin Wore Swim Trunks, He Would Never Have Withdrawn from Sinai (and Castro's Recent Comments) Robert Eisenman 2010
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