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Apportioning   /əpˈɔrʃənɪŋ/   Listen
Apportioning

noun
1.
The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan.  Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling.


Apportion

verb
(past & past part. apportioned; pres. part. apportioning)
1.
Distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose.  Synonym: allocate.  "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip"
2.
Give out as one's portion or share.  Synonyms: deal, divvy up, portion out, share.



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"Apportioning" Quotes from Famous Books



... importation of slaves; but this amendment [i.e., to count two slaves as one freeman] would give the jus trium liberorum to him who would import slaves."[35] The matter was finally compromised by apportioning requisitions according to the value of ...
— The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America - 1638-1870 • W. E. B. Du Bois


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