apportionment

ap·por·tion·ment  (-pôrshn-mnt, -pr-)

n.

1.

a. The act of apportioning.

b. The condition of having been apportioned.

2.

a. The proportional distribution of the number of members of the U.S. House of Representatives on the basis of the population of each state.

b. Allotment of direct taxes on the basis of state population.

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In the general sense, distribution for planning of limited resources among competing requirements. Specific apportionments (e.g., air sorties and forces for planning) are described as apportionment of air sorties and forces for planning, etc. See also allocation; apportionment (air).

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

apportionment - the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state" apportioning, parceling, parcelling, assignation, allocation, allotment grant, subsidisation, subsidization - the act of providing a subsidy distribution - the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning reallotment, reapportionment, reallocation - a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results) deal - the act of apportioning or distributing something; "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions" rationing - the act of rationing; "during the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasoline" parcel, portion, share - the allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"