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Synonyms for apportionment
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh-pawr-shuh n-muh nt, uh-pohr- |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈpɔr ʃən mənt, əˈpoʊr- |
Définition of apportionment
Origin :- 1620s, from apportion + -ment. Perhaps influenced by French apportionnement.
- noun allotment
- I knew there would be no trouble in collecting this city's apportionment.
- Extract from : « Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight » by Mathew Joseph Holt
- There was also some difficulty over the apportionment of the debt.
- Extract from : « The Political History of England - Vol XI » by George Brodrick
- (b) Changes in the apportionment of the target among the subdivisions.
- Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss
- The apportionment seems to have had the characteristics of ribbon cake.
- Extract from : « The Old Coast Road » by Agnes Rothery
- At times this apportionment is correct, and at other times not.
- Extract from : « Convenient Houses » by Louis Henry Gibson
- See Schuyler i, 286 on the apportionment of water to Samarkand and Bukhr.
- Extract from : « The Bbur-nma in English » by Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
- It is the apportionment of 1820, formed on a population of ten millions.
- Extract from : « Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2) » by Thomas Hart Benton
- The present apportionment is one committeeman for every fifteen votes.
- Extract from : « The Boss and the Machine » by Samuel P. Orth
- What is the principle of apportionment of the members of each house?
- Extract from : « Government in the United States » by James Wilford Garner
- What do you think of the wisdom of the compromise as to apportionment?
- Extract from : « A Short History of the United States » by Edward Channing
Antonyms for apportionment
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