apportionmentn.
/əˈpɔːʃənmənt/ 1. The action of distributing or allotting in proper proportion or suitable shares.
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the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > assigning or allotting > in just proportion
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1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 149 b The apportionment shall not be according to the quantity of the land, but according to the quality.
1807 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 5 210 By a wiser apportionment of the custom and excise duties.
1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece X. ii. lxxviii. 316 For the apportionment of houses and lands among the citizens.
1861 J. S. Mill Utilitarianism v. 85 The proper apportionment of punishment to offences.
2. The state or fact of being thus distributed.
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the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > assigning or allotting > in just proportion > state of being
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1681 H. Neville Plato Redivivus 52 Wherever this apportionment of Lands came to be changed.
1859 J. Bright Speeches 8 When the apportionment of members to the constituencies approximates to a just arrangement.
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