to apportion again; specif., to change the geographical distribution of (a legislature) so that each legislator represents approximately the same number of constituents
reapportion
re·ap·por·tion
verb
- 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.
To reapportion is to reallocate or to distribute something in a different way.
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transitive verb
re·ap·por·tioned, re·ap·por·tion·ing, re·ap·por·tionsTo distribute anew.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present reapportions, present participle reapportioning, simple past and past participle reapportioned)
- To apportion again; to redistribute or reallocate.
- The court intervened to reapportion the voting districts that had been unfairly laid out under the controlling party's regime.
Origin
c 1830 re- +"Ž apportion
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