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Synonyms for apportionment


Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-pawr-shuh n-muh nt, uh-pohr-
Phonetic Transcription : əˈpɔr ʃən mənt, əˈpoʊr-



Définition of apportionment

Origin :
  • 1620s, from apportion + -ment. Perhaps influenced by French apportionnement.
  • noun allotment
Example sentences :
  • I knew there would be no trouble in collecting this city's apportionment.
  • Extract from : « Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight » by Mathew Joseph Holt
  • There was also some difficulty over the apportionment of the debt.
  • Extract from : « The Political History of England - Vol XI » by George Brodrick
  • (b) Changes in the apportionment of the target among the subdivisions.
  • Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss
  • The apportionment seems to have had the characteristics of ribbon cake.
  • Extract from : « The Old Coast Road » by Agnes Rothery
  • At times this apportionment is correct, and at other times not.
  • Extract from : « Convenient Houses » by Louis Henry Gibson
  • See Schuyler i, 286 on the apportionment of water to Samarkand and Bukhr.
  • Extract from : « The Bbur-nma in English » by Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
  • It is the apportionment of 1820, formed on a population of ten millions.
  • Extract from : « Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2) » by Thomas Hart Benton
  • The present apportionment is one committeeman for every fifteen votes.
  • Extract from : « The Boss and the Machine » by Samuel P. Orth
  • What is the principle of apportionment of the members of each house?
  • Extract from : « Government in the United States » by James Wilford Garner
  • What do you think of the wisdom of the compromise as to apportionment?
  • Extract from : « A Short History of the United States » by Edward Channing

Antonyms for apportionment

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