| NOUN | act | apportionment, allotment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation | the act of distributing by allotting / allotting or apportioning |
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| Sounds | ahpao'rshahnmahnt | |
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| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | The act of distributing by allotting / allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan. | |
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| Example | "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state" | |
| Synonyms | allotment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation | |
| Narrower | deal | The act of apportioning or distributing something |
| grant, subsidization, subsidisation | The act of providing a subsidy | |
| parcel, portion, share | The allotment of some amount by dividing something | |
| rationing | The act of rationing | |
| reallotment, reapportionment, reallocation | A new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results) | |
| Broader | distribution | The act of distributing or spreading or apportioning |
| Spanish | asignación, distribución, erogación, parcelación, prorrateo, repartimiento, reparto | |
| Catalan | erogació, parcel·lació, prorrateig, repartició, repartiment | |
| Verbs | apportion | distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose |
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