Meanings
plural apportionments
- The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned.
The names of the prayers are given above the tunes, but there is no indication of apportionment of the text to the phrases and notes of the melody.
1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 2181 more example
This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]He was smooth-faced, and his fresh skin and well-developed figure bespoke the man in good physical condition through active exercise, yet well content with the world's apportionment.
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC - USThe distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.
- USThe allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic تَوَزُّع
- تَوَزُّع (tawazzuʕ)The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned
Esperanto onigo
- onigoThe act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned
French partage, répartition
- partageThe act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned
- répartitionThe act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned
German Aufteilung, Betragserteilung
- AufteilungThe act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned
- BetragserteilungThe act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned
- UmlageThe act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned
- UmlegungThe act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned
- Verteilung(US) The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states
Indonesian alokasi kursi
- alokasi kursi(US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states
Polish aport
- aportThe act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned
Portuguese repartição
- repartiçãoThe act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned
Romanian repartizare
- repartizareThe act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned
Spanish aporcionamiento, prorrateo
- aporcionamientoThe act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned
- prorrateoThe act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned
- distribuciónThe act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned
- racionamientoThe act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned
- repartoThe act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned
Turkish bölüştürme, paylaştırma
- bölüştürmeThe act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned
- paylaştırmaThe act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned
- tahsisThe act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned
- tevziThe act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned
- paylaştırma(US) The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states
Cite this entry
apportionment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apportionment
“apportionment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apportionment. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “apportionment,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apportionment.
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