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apportionment
noun ap·por·tion·ment \-shən-mənt\
Definition of APPORTIONMENT
: an act or result of apportioning; especially : the apportioning of representatives or taxes among the states according to United States law
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First Known Use of APPORTIONMENT
1579
Related to APPORTIONMENT
- Synonyms
- admeasurement, allocation, allotment, distribution, disbursement, dispensation, division, issuance
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