English to English noun
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the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | | Example: the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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