apportionment

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[ US /əˈpɔɹʃənmənt/ ]
[ UK /ɐpˈɔːʃənmənt/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
    the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state
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How To Use apportionment In A Sentence

  • All of the petitions in question called for the convening of a constitutional convention to propose amendments to deal with apportionment of state legislatures; that would be the limit of a convention's mandate.
  • This process of colonial apportionment effectively destroyed Africa's previously existing ethnically based political institutions.
  • A proton microprobe with high resolution and high sensitivity was applied to analyze atmospheric aerosol in the people's park in Shanghai urban for single particle source apportionment.
  • What is apportionment, and how is it different from redistricting?
  • Yet only 13 percent of last year's refugee apportionments were from this region.
  • The Circular specifies the method for apportionment of taxable income among partners of partnerships.
  • They are concerned to be heard on the question of apportionment of the costs as between your client and them on the basis that the legal aid funding was limited to only that aspect of the appeal where your client was in effect successful.
  • The census short form will continue to yield the official count of the U.S. population every 10 years, satisfying the constitutionally mandated task of determining congressional apportionment.
  • The first apportionments were made in respect of shipping cases I think, is that not right?
  • Population is, of necessity, the starting point for consideration and the controlling criterion for judgment in legislative apportionment controversies.
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