apportionment

noun

ap·​por·​tion·​ment ə-ˈpȯr-shən-mənt 

: an act or result of apportioning

especially : the apportioning of representatives or taxes among the states according to U.S. law

Synonyms

• admeasurement
• allocation
• allotment
• disbursement
• dispensation
• distribution
• division
• issuance

Examples of apportionment in a Sentence

the apportionment of the estate will happen this Friday

Recent Examples on the Web

Trump's second term is set to end before final decisions have to be made on what questions the 2030 census will ask and who ends up getting included in the apportionment counts. —Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 20 Jan. 2025

In a 2020 article, the Pew Research Center examined how removing unauthorized immigrants from the 2020 census apportionment count could affect the reapportionment of House seats. —Andre Byik, USA TODAY, 10 June 2024

Minnesota received the last seat in the 2020 apportionment of the House. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024

Widespread reports claim Manchester United is close to agreeing a deal with Sporting CP for the apportionment of its manager Ruben Amorim and the problem for Garnacho is that the new boss might not have a place for him in the lineup. —Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Anglo-French aporcionement, from aporcioner "to apportion" + -ment -ment

First Known Use

1579, in the meaning defined above