From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Apportion \Ap*por"tion\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Apportioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Apportioning}.] [OF. apportionner, LL. apportionare, fr. L. ad + portio. See {Portion}.] To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various employments.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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" [syn: {allotment}, {apportionment}, {allocation}, {parceling}, {parcelling}, {assignation}]
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