Apportionment

What do we mean by apportionment?

The act of apportioning. noun

The condition of having been apportioned. noun

The proportional distribution of the number of members of the US House of Representatives on the basis of the population of each state. noun

Allotment of direct taxes on the basis of state population. noun

The act of apportioning; a dividing into portions or shares; a dividing and assigning of a just and equitable portion to each person interested or entitled to participate in any claim, right, property, or charge. noun

In the United States: The distribution of representation in the federal House of Representatives, and in the houses of the different State legislatures. noun

The allotment of direct taxes on the basis of population: a Congressional power rarely exercised. noun

The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or property. noun

The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned noun

The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states noun

The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states noun

The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan noun

The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned.

The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.

The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states.

Words that are spelled similarly to apportionment:
apportionment, reapportionment, apportionments.

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Words that rhyme with apportionment:
reapportionment.

Adjectives that are often used to describe apportionment:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective apportionment:
act, credit, rule, basis, function, bill, law, factor, section, revenue, formulas, clause, continued.

Words that sound like apportionment:
apportionment, reapportionment, apportioning, apartment, abortionist, abonnement, abortment, abashment, supportment, support payment.