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English Dictionary: apportionment	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
apportionment n 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" Synonym(s): allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apportionment \Appor"tionment\, n. [Cf. F. apportionnement, LL. apportionamentum.] 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. --A. Hamilton.