Apportionment Definition

ə-pôrshən-mənt
noun
The act of apportioning.
American Heritage
An apportioning or being apportioned.
Webster's New World
The condition of having been apportioned.
American Heritage
A proportional distribution or assignment, as of U.S. Representatives among the states, or of state legislators among counties, etc.
Webster's New World
The proportional distribution of the number of members of the US House of Representatives on the basis of the population of each state.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Apportionment

Noun

Singular:
apportionment
Plural:
apportionments

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