APPORTIONMENT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning
   • distribution according to a plan
   Synonym(s)
   • allocation (what does allocation mean?)
   • allotment (what does allotment mean?)
   • apportioning (what does apportioning mean?)
   • assignation (what does assignation mean?)
   • parceling (what does parceling mean?)
   • parcelling (what does parcelling mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state
   Hypernyms(s) apportionment is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • distribution (what does distribution mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • grant (what does grant mean?)
   • subsidization (what does subsidization mean?)
   • subsidisation (what does subsidisation mean?)
   • reallotment (what does reallotment mean?)
   • reapportionment (what does reapportionment mean?)
   • reallocation (what does reallocation mean?)
   • deal (what does deal mean?)
   • rationing (what does rationing mean?)
   • parcel (what does parcel mean?)
   • portion (what does portion mean?)
   • share (what does share mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • assign (what does assign mean?)
   • allot (what does allot mean?)
   • portion (what does portion mean?)
   • parcel (what does parcel mean?)
   • parcel (what does parcel mean?)
   • allocate (what does allocate mean?)
   • apportion (what does apportion mean?)
   • allocate (what does allocate mean?)
   • apportion (what does apportion mean?)
   • distribute (what does distribute mean?)
   • administer (what does administer mean?)
   • mete out (what does mete out mean?)
   • deal (what does deal mean?)
   • parcel out (what does parcel out mean?)
   • lot (what does lot mean?)
   • dispense (what does dispense mean?)
   • shell out (what does shell out mean?)
   • deal out (what does deal out mean?)
   • dish out (what does dish out mean?)
   • allot (what does allot mean?)
   • dole out (what does dole out mean?)