apportionment

1. The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning;
   Distribution according to a plan (synset 101085569)
   "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"
   is a type of: distribution - the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
   subtypes:

   • grant, subsidisation, subsidization - the act of providing a subsidy
   • reallocation, reallotment, reapportionment - a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results)
   • deal - the act of apportioning or distributing something
   • rationing - the act of rationing
   • parcel, portion, share - the allotment of some amount by dividing something
   same as: allocation, allotment, apportioning, assignation, parceling, parcelling

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