Apportion Definition
ə-pôrshən
apportioned, apportioning, apportions
verb
apportioned, apportioning, apportions
To divide and assign according to a plan; allot.
American Heritage
To divide and distribute in shares according to a plan.
Webster's New World
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.
Wiktionary
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.
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Origin of Apportion
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French apportioner from Old French a- to (from Latin ad- ad-) portionner to divide into portions (from portion portion portion)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle French apportionner, from Old French aporcioner, from Late Latin apportionare, from Latin ad + portio. See portion.
From Wiktionary
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