apportion
Collocations
3VERB + APPORTION
court
APPORTION + NOUN
food, property
PREP.
among, out
Definitions
verb
To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
The controlling party had apportioned the voting districts such that their party would be favored in the next election.
Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally.
The children were required to dump all of their Halloween candy on the table so that their parents could apportion it among them.
The Good Friday Agreement did not, and could not, apportion blame for the Troubles, in which, as in so many such conflicts, one side’s terrorist is the other’s hero.
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6The controlling party had apportioned the voting districts such that their party would be favored in the next election.
WiktionaryThe children were required to dump all of their Halloween candy on the table so that their parents could apportion it among them.
WiktionaryThe Good Friday Agreement did not, and could not, apportion blame for the Troubles, in which, as in so many such conflicts, one side’s terrorist is the other’s hero.
WiktionaryThe court shall apportion property rights among the claimants.
Tatoeba · #8288114How would you apportion the funds?
Tatoeba · #10463310It is not the intention of the government to apportion blame or to abnegate responsibility.
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