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Apportion   /əpˈɔrʃən/   Listen
Apportion

verb
(past & past part. apportioned; pres. part. apportioning)
1.
Distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose.  Synonym: allocate.  "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip"
2.
Give out as one's portion or share.  Synonyms: deal, divvy up, portion out, share.



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"Apportion" Quotes from Famous Books



... into nine great provinces or circles, composed each of several governments or provinces of the realm. Each circle had a separate council, composed of from five to seven members, and commissioned to fix and apportion the separate imposts, to keep up a standing army, to collect the supplies necessary for the maintenance and defence of the party. The Calvinistic republic had its general assemblies, composed of nine deputies or representatives ...
— A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times - Volume V. of VI. • Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot


Words linked to "Apportion" :   distribute, ration, award, separate, hand out, reallocate, present, apportionable, deal, allot, pass out, part, portion, ration out, assign, portion out, give out, divide


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