[ US /əˈpɔɹʃən/ ]
[ UK /ɐpˈɔːʃən/ ]
VERB
  1. give out as one's portion or share
  2. distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose
    I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip
    I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis
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How To Use apportion In A Sentence

  • The investigation into the air crash would inevitably apportion blame to certain members of the crew.
  • At present the apportionment is as follows: Church extension, 10 per cent; annual conferences, 36 per cent; and the financial Religious Bodies: 1906
  • The language is necessarily tortured in describing the 18,225 electronic scratch-ticket machines that would be apportioned according to a formula in the initiative.
  • As to the money raised by local subscription, no definite apportionment has yet been made but we understand that Woodhouse will receive a good round sum.
  • Tim Holden won his last race with 51 percent in a newly reapportioned district against another incumbent.
  • The power to apportion responsibility under the Law Reform Act 1945 afforded a far more appropriate tool for doing justice than the blunt instrument of turpitude.
  • Gene trees in which the observed substitutions were apportioned to the various branches of the tree by phylogenetic algorithms provided the inferred substitutions on each green or nongreen branch.
  • He had nothing to tell them regarding the preciousness of water and the apportionment of supplies... given they were in their sane minds. HAMMERFALL
  • In the same way, we cannot say which of the heatwaves were man-made and which were natural, but we can apportion blame for the change in risk.
  • My Lord, can I then much more briefly deal with two other matters: apportionment of costs and leave to appeal?
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