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Apportionment Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ment

Apportionment has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan

"the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"

2

The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned.

See Also
apportioning house of representatives applotment assignation contingent distribution taxation admeasurement
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
distribution
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
grant reallotment deal rationing parcel
Rhyming Words
ent bent ment went sent vent pent hent cent fent dent tent kent gent rent lent djent ament seent brent
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