Alms vs Apportionment - What's the difference?
alms | apportionment |
Something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food.
* c.'' 1779 ,
The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned.
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*: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 .
(lb) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.
(lb) The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states.
As nouns the difference between alms and apportionment
is that alms is something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food while apportionment is the act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned.alms
English
Noun
(alms)- She gave $10 weekly to the poor as alms .
- Alms are distributed from the weekly collection for the purpose.
- St. Antoninus never refused an alms which was asked in the name of God.
