Hypertext Webster Gateway: "apportioning"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Apportion \Ap*por"tion\, v. t. [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) 1.7 (wn)
apportioning
n : the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; "the
apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is
based on the relative population of each state" [syn: {allotment},
{apportionment}, {allocation}, {parceling}, {parcelling}]
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