apportionment

noun

ap·​por·​tion·​ment ə-ˈpȯr-shən-mənt 

: an act or result of apportioning

especially : the apportioning of representatives or taxes among the states according to U.S. law

Synonyms

• admeasurement
• allocation
• allotment
• disbursement
• dispensation
• distribution
• division
• issuance

Examples of apportionment in a Sentence

the apportionment of the estate will happen this Friday

Recent Examples on the Web

Minnesota received the last seat in the 2020 apportionment of the House. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024

Widespread reports claim Manchester United is close to agreeing a deal with Sporting CP for the apportionment of its manager Ruben Amorim and the problem for Garnacho is that the new boss might not have a place for him in the lineup. —Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024

This is a timid and overly complicated version of formulary apportionment. —Nicholas Shaxson, Foreign Affairs, 7 July 2021

The door to formulary apportionment and global minimum tax rates has been cracked open. —Nicholas Shaxson, Foreign Affairs, 7 July 2021

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Anglo-French aporcionement, from aporcioner "to apportion" + -ment -ment

First Known Use

1579, in the meaning defined above