Apportionment
noun
noun ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned.
"This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]He was smooth-faced, and his fresh skin and well-developed figure bespoke the man in good physical condition through active exercise, yet well content with the world's apportionment."
- 2 the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan wordnet
- 3 The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states. US
- 4 The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states. US
Example
More examples"This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]He was smooth-faced, and his fresh skin and well-developed figure bespoke the man in good physical condition through active exercise, yet well content with the world's apportionment."
Etymology
From apportion + -ment.
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