DIMENSIONS: MEASURE / Proportion
R E F E R E N C E S
Apportion v.t. to distribute or divide and assign proportionately. [< MF apportionn(er)]
Apportionment n. 1. act of apportioning. 2. U.S. a. the determination of the number of members of the U.S. House of Representatives according to the proportion of the population of each state to the total poplulation of the U. S. b. the apportioning of members of any other legislative body.
[Urdang, Laurence, ed. Random House Dictionary of The English Language. New York: Random House, 1968.]
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