Pronunciation Verb
apportion (apportions, present participle apportioning; past and past participle apportioned)
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive) 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.
- (divide and distribute): allocate, allot, dispense, parcel out, share out
- (divide and distribute): amass, concentrate, consolidate, gather, reassemble
- French: partager, répartir
- Portuguese: repartir
- Russian: дели́ть
- Spanish: distribuir, repartir
- Portuguese: repartir
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