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apportionment definition

ap·por·tion·ment (-mənt)

noun

  1. an apportioning or being apportioned
  2. a proportional distribution or assignment, as of U.S. Representatives among the states, or of state legislators among counties, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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