Apportion

Quick meaning: Apportion is a verb meaning (transitive) To divide and distribute portions of a whole.

Meaning

(transitive) To divide and distribute portions of a whole.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally.

Example Sentences

The controlling party had apportioned the voting districts such that their party would be favored in the next election.

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.

Word Forms

• apportions
• apportioning
• apportioned

Synonyms for apportion

Depending on context, synonyms include allocate, allot, dispense, share out, deal, share.

Antonyms for apportion

Common opposites include amass, concentrate, consolidate, gather, reassemble.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include deal, share, allocate, apportionment, distribute, distribution.

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