apportioned

verb

Definition of apportionednext
past tense of apportion
1
as in allotted
to give as a share or portion apportioned the profits according to years of service with the company

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2
as in distributed
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals apportioned the grant money to the winners of the competition

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  1. allotted
  2. distributed
  3. allocated
  4. assigned
  5. provided
  6. administered
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  • The six least populous states and the District of Columbia have only three electoral votes, the minimum number allotted to a state.
    Maya Marchel Hoff, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
  • That means one mile of desolate country road is allotted the same maintenance money as an eight-lane interchange.
    Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of allotted
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  • Altogether, there are four bedrooms and four bathrooms, plus an additional powder room, distributed over roughly 4,200 square feet.
    Mark David, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2024
  • As a replacement, MLB produced the games and distributed the games locally.
    Brad Adgate, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of distributed
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  • The education office said the board has racked up $243,000 in legal costs for the 2023-2024 year — nearly $70,000 more than what it is allocated.
    Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The funding was allocated to nonprofits by the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.
    Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of allocated
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  • The Sharks assigned forward prospect Kasper Halttunen to the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League on Friday.
    Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Meanwhile, the National Gendarmerie deployed dozens of patrol teams assigned to metro lines.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of assigned
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  • The first China Shock, felt primarily in the early 2000s after China joined the World Trade Organization, was marked by an influx of goods assembled in China and a reconfiguration of global supply chains around the clusters that China provided.
    Radu Magdin, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • But nearly two-and-a-half years later, following applications from hundreds of school districts and county offices of education, the Golden State Pathways Program still hasn’t provided any funding.
    Ryan Craig, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • If Penny had administered a more forceful chokehold, Neely would have been unconscious in seconds, Raiser said.
    Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Medicare’s stand-alone drug plans, which cover medicines typically taken at home, also are administered by private insurance companies.
    Susan Jaffe | KFF Health News, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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