Apportion
[ə'pɔːʃ(ə)n] or [ə'pɔrʃən]
Definition
(v. t.) To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various employments.
Editor: Vanessa
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Allot, distribute, assign, divide, partition, part, measure, share, appropriate, deal, dispense, parcel out, deal out, portion out.
Editor: Verna
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Assign, deal, allot, grant, share, divide, dispense, administer, distribute,appoint
ANT:Reserve, retain, refuse, withhold, assume, resume, cancel, divert, suspend,reapportion, reappoint
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Definition
v.t. to portion out: to divide in just shares: to adjust in due proportion.—n. Appor′tionment.
Editor: Seth
Examples
- All these things may exert a combined pressure, in which it may never be possible to apportion the exact shares. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Of this preparation a tolerably abundant plateful was apportioned to each pupil. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The cook got out his wire, apportioned a proper amount of sausage-meat, spat it on his hands and fell to work! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We made a very good meal by the kitchen fire, and then apportioned the bedrooms: Herbert and Startop were to occupy one; I and our charge the other. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- She apportioned the sweetbreads, jellies, chickens; their quantity and order. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Edited by Fred