D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Apportionment

/əp-ôr'-shən-mənt/ · Ap·por·tion·ment · IPA /əpˈɔrʃənmənt/
01 n. The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, o…
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    The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or property.