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Apportion vs Apportionment - What's the difference?

apportion | apportionment |

As a verb apportion

is to divide and distribute portions of a whole.

As a noun apportionment is

the act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned.

apportion

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
    • The controlling party had apportioned the voting districts such that their party would be favored in the next election.
  • Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally.
    • The children were required to dump all of their Halloween candy on the table so that their parents could apportion it among them.

    Derived terms

    * unapportioned * apportionment

    Synonyms

    * (divide and distribute ): allocate, allot, dispense, parcel out, share out

    Antonyms

    * (divide and distribute ): amass, concentrate, consolidate, gather, reassemble

    apportionment

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia apportionment) (en noun)
  • The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned.
  • *
  • *: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.