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Apportioned vs Reapportion - What's the difference?

apportioned | reapportion |

As verbs the difference between apportioned and reapportion

is that apportioned is past tense of apportion while reapportion is to apportion again; to redistribute or reallocate.

apportioned

English

Verb

(head)
  • (apportion)

    • 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

    reapportion

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To apportion again; to redistribute or reallocate.
  • :The court intervened to reapportion the voting districts that had been unfairly laid out under the controlling party's regime.

    • Anagrams

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