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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Allocation :: Allocation (n.) An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company..
Distribute :: Distribute (v. t.) To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.
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..
Reapportionment :: Reapportionment (n.) A second or a new apportionment.
Apportion :: 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..
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..
Applot :: Applot (v. t.) To divide into plots or parts; to apportion.
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..
Apportionateness :: Apportionateness (n.) The quality of being apportioned or in proportion.
Admeasure :: Admeasure (v. t.) To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment; as, to admeasure dower; to admeasure common of pasture..
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To divide; to distribute; to apportion.
Assigner :: Assigner (n.) One who assigns, appoints, allots, or apportions..
Assign :: Assign (v. t.) To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.
Deal :: Deal (n.) Distribution; apportionment.
Divide :: Divide (v. t.) To make partition of among a number; to apportion, as profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to distribute; to mete out; to share..
Contingent :: Contingent (n.) That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops..
Dole :: Dole (n.) Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
Apportionment :: Apportionment (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..
Assignation :: Assignation (n.) The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.
Reapportion :: Reapportion (v. t.) To apportion again.
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