VERB | possession | reapportion, reallocate | allocate, distribute, or apportion anew |
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Meaning | allocate, distribute, or apportion anew. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
Example | "Congressional seats are reapportioned on the basis of census data" | |
Synonym | reallocate | |
Broader | allocate, apportion | Distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose |
Nouns | reapportionment | a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results) |
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