Noun: apportionment u'por-shun-munt
- 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";
- allotment, apportioning, allocation, parceling [US], parcelling, assignation
Derived forms: apportionments
Type of: distribution
Encyclopedia: Apportionment