apportion

English

Etymology

From Middle French apportionner, from Old French aporcioner, from Late Latin apportionare, from Latin ad + portio. See portion.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈpɔːʃən/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈpɔɹʃən/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ʃən

Verb

apportion (third-person singular simple present apportions, present participle apportioning, simple past and past participle apportioned)

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

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

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

   The children were required to dump all of their Halloween candy on the table so that their parents could apportion it among them.

   • 2023 April 10, The Editorial Board, “Biden’s Trip to Northern Ireland and the Power of Diplomacy”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     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.

Synonyms

• (divide and distribute): allocate, allot, dispense, parcel out, share out

Antonyms

• (divide and distribute): amass, concentrate, consolidate, gather, reassemble

Derived terms

• apportionable
• apportioner
• apportionment
• reapportion
• unapportioned

Translations

to apportion — see distribute

to divide and distribute portions of a whole

Bulgarian: разпределям (bg) (razpredeljam) Esperanto: onigi Finnish: jakaa (fi), annostella (fi) French: partager (fr), répartir (fr) German: aufteilen (de) Ido: repartisar (io), partigar (io), porcionigar (io), distributar (io), dozigar (io) (doses) Latin: discribō Maori: whakainati, tūtangatanga Persian: تقسیم کردن (fa) (taqsim kardan) Portuguese: repartir (pt) Romanian: distribui (ro), aloca (ro), repartiza (ro) Russian: дели́ть (ru) (delítʹ), разделя́ть (ru) (razdeljátʹ), распределя́ть (ru) (raspredeljátʹ) Sanskrit: भजति (sa) (bhajati) Spanish: distribuir (es), repartir (es)

to allocate proportionally

Bulgarian: разделям (bg) (razdeljam) Finnish: jakaa (fi), tasata (fi) German: proportional aufteilen Hindi: आवंटन करना (āvaṇṭan karnā) Persian: تسهیم کردن (tashim kardan) Portuguese: repartir (pt) Romanian: repartiza (ro)

Anagrams

• appointor