Definition of apportion

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Apportion (v. t.) To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various employments..

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Fortune :: Fortune (n.) The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or deified power regarded as determining human success, apportioning happiness and unhappiness, and distributing arbitrarily or fortuitously the lots of life..
Distribute :: Distribute (v. t.) To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.
Award :: Award (v. t.) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant..
Proportion :: Proportion (v.) To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion.
Applotment :: Applotment (n.) Apportionment.
Assess :: Assess (v.) To apportion a sum to be paid by (a person, a community, or an estate), in the nature of a tax, fine, etc.; to impose a tax upon (a person, an estate, or an income) according to a rate or apportionment..
Admeasure :: Admeasure (v. t.) To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment; as, to admeasure dower; to admeasure common of pasture..
Apportionateness :: Apportionateness (n.) The quality of being apportioned or in proportion.
Dole :: Dole (n.) Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
Deal :: Deal (n.) Distribution; apportionment.
Part :: Part (n.) That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share; portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office..
Assessment :: Assessment (n.) An apportionment of a subscription for stock into successive installments; also, one of these installments (in England termed a call)..
Dividend :: Dividend (n.) A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated among shareholders, and to assets as apportioned among creditors; as, the dividend of a bank, a railway corporation, or a bankrupt estate..
Distribution :: Distribution (n.) The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution of an estate among heirs or children..
Reapportionment :: Reapportionment (n.) A second or a new apportionment.
Apportioner :: Apportioner (n.) One who apportions.
Reapportion :: Reapportion (v. t.) To apportion again.
Assign :: Assign (v. t.) To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.
Apportioned :: Apportioned (imp. & p. p.) of Apportio.
Depart :: Depart (v. t.) To divide in order to share; to apportion.
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