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Apportionment vs Consignment - What's the difference?

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Apportionment is a related term of consignment.


As nouns the difference between apportionment and consignment

is that apportionment is the act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned while consignment is a collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent.

apportionment

English

Noun

(wikipedia apportionment) (en noun)
  • 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.

    • consignment

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent
  • The act of consigning

    • Related terms

    * consignee * consignor