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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

APPO'RTION, v.t. [L. ad and portio, portion. See Portion and Part.]
To divide and assign in just proportion; to distribute among two or more, a just part or share to each; as, to apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various employments.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis"; "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip" [syn: allocate, apportion]
2: give out as one's portion or share [syn: share, divvy up, portion out, apportion, deal]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-tioned; apportioning) Etymology: Middle French apportionner, from a- (from Latin ad-) + portionner to portion Date: 1574 to divide and share out according to a plan; especially to make a proportionate division or distribution of • apportionable adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (often foll. by to) share out; assign as a share. Derivatives: apportionable adj. apportionment n. Etymology: F apportionner or f. med.L apportionare (as AD-, PORTION)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Apportion Ap*por"tion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Apportioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Apportioning.] [OF. apportionner, LL. apportionare, fr. L. ad + portio. See Portion.] 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(apportions, apportioning, apportioned) When you apportion something such as blame, you decide how much of it different people deserve or should be given. (FORMAL) The experts are even-handed in apportioning blame among EU governments... VERB: V n prep

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Allot, distribute, assign, divide, partition, part, measure (out), share deal, dole, dispense, parcel out, deal out, portion out.

Moby Thesaurus

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