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Verb: apportion  u'por-shun
  1. Assign or distribute according to a plan or set aside for a specific purpose
    "I am apportioning a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis";
    - allocate
     
  2. Give out as one's portion or share
    "The partners apportioned the profits at the end of the year";
    - share, divvy up [informal], portion out, deal, divvy [informal]

Derived forms: apportioning, apportions, apportioned

Type of: allot, assign, distribute, give out, hand out, pass out, portion

Encyclopedia: Apportion