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apportion Definition

ap·por·tion (ə pôr′s̸hən)

transitive verb

to divide and distribute in shares according to a plan

Etymology: OFr apportionner: see ad- & portion

apportion Synonyms

apportion

v.

allot, portion out, allocate, distribute; see allot, distribute 1. See syn. study atallot.

apportion Usage Examples

Object

  • blame: Didn't come to apportion blame, which is all mine, by the way.
  • profit: It is then necessary to apportion the profits to determine how much is chargeable at each rate.
  • liability: The same paragraph gives him the power to apportion liability for the payment of his fees by the parties.
  • VAT: Businesses will now be required, in all cases, to apportion the VAT based on the use to which the costs are put.
  • rent: The Council has a fair system for apportioning rents between individual properties.
  • expense: There should therefore be no need to apportion any expenses.

Preposition: on

  • basis: The money will be apportioned on a fair shares basis.

Preposition: between

  • estate: If there are still insufficient funds to pay in full, then the unpaid balance will be apportioned equally between the other estates.

Preposition: over

  • period: The capital gain will apportioned over the total period of ownership.

Modifying Another Word

  • equally: For each group whose weights are all zero, the additional space is apportioned equally.
  • accordingly: The payment of the secretaries salaries will be apportioned accordingly.
  • fairly: We seek a change so that responsibility is more fairly apportioned.
  • clearly: In reality this is part of ensuring that the ' blame ' , should anything go wrong, can be clearly apportioned.
  • so: But periods straddling 1 April will be apportioned so that the changes take effect only in respect of losses arising from that date.
  • then: The area staffing allocation is then apportioned according to these totals.

Present participle complement

  • accord: These taxes have been apportioned according to the Economic Rent of each site; roughly 60 percent.
  • use: Research income should be apportioned using the same principles as described in paragraphs 31-32 to ensure that income is not double counted.

Preposition: in

  • accordance: Ms Perro's net emoluments were time apportioned in accordance with SP5/84 in order to find the net attributable to UK duties.

Preposition: of

  • blame: Herein lies the terrain for the popular mythology about cause and effect, apportioning of blame and attempts to remedy the problem.

Preposition: for

  • purpose: However, there are concerns that the novel may be apportioned for nationalist purposes.