Reapportion definition
To reapportion is to reallocate or to distribute something in a different way.
When the geographical boundries of a U.S. House of Representitives district is changed to even out the population in each district, this is an example of a reapportion.
When the president revises the budget and changes how the money will be spent, this is an example of a time when he reapportions.
verb
To distribute anew.
verb
To apportion again; specif., to change the geographical distribution of (a legislature) so that each legislator represents approximately the same number of constituents.
verb
The court intervened to reapportion the voting districts that had been unfairly laid out under the controlling party's regime.
verb
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Origin of reapportion
- c 1830 re- +"Ž apportion
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