the act of apportioning the proportional distribution of the seats in a legislative body, esp the House of Representatives, on the basis of population
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ap•por•tion•ment
(ə pôr′shən mənt, ə pōr′-),USA pronunciation n.
- the act of apportioning.
- Governmentthe determination of the number of members of the U.S. House of Representatives according to the proportion of the population of each state to the total population of the U.S.
- Governmentthe apportioning of members of any other legislative body.
- apportion + -ment 1620–30
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'apportionment' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
admeasurement
- allocation
- allotment
- average
- capital structure
- distribution
- division
- part
- quota
- reapportionment