Apportioned
[ə'pɔːʃ(ə)n]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Apportion
Typist: Sol
Examples
- 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.
Typist: Sol