apportionment

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Definition of apportionment

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noun

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.”
“The names of the prayers are given above the tunes, but there is no indication of apportionment of the text to the phrases and notes of the melody.”

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noun

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.”
“The names of the prayers are given above the tunes, but there is no indication of apportionment of the text to the phrases and notes of the melody.”
(US)The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.
(US)The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states.

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From apportion + -ment.

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