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apportionment
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apportionment
n.
allocation, allotment
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Apportionment
The legal term apportionment (French apportionement; Med. Latin apportionamentum; derived from Latin portio, share) means distribution or allotment in proper shares.
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apportionment
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"
(synonym) allotment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
(hypernym) distribution
(hyponym) grant, subsidization, subsidisation
(derivation) allocate, apportion
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Apportionment
(n.)
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.
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.
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Apportionment
(See also Passenger Facility Charge) Distribution of Airport Improvement Plan (AIP) funds from the Airport & Airways Trust Fund to airport sponsors based on enplanements or cargo landed weights. Also referred to as entitlement. (FAA11)
