Apportionment
1apportionment — I noun administration, allocation, allotment, allowance, assignment, assignment in proportion, consignment, disposition, distribution, division, division in proportion, doling out, issuance, just division, measuring out, meting out, partition,… …
2Apportionment — Ap*por tion*ment, n. [Cf. F. apportionnement, LL. apportionamentum.] The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided… …
3apportionment — (n.) 1620s, from APPORTION (Cf. apportion) + MENT (Cf. ment). Perhaps influenced by Fr. apportionnement …
4apportionment — [ə pôr′shənmənt] n. 1. an apportioning or being apportioned 2. a proportional distribution or assignment, as of U.S. Representatives among the states, or of state legislators among counties, etc …
5Apportionment — This article is about apportionment in law. See also apportionment (politics) The legal term apportionment (French apportionement; Med. Latin apportionamentum; derived from Latin portio , share) means distribution or allotment in proper shares.… …
6apportionment — /aporshanmant/ The process by which legislative seats are distributed among units entitled to representation. Determination of the number of representatives which a State, county, or other subdivision may send to a legislative body. he U.S.… …
7apportionment — /aporshanmant/ The process by which legislative seats are distributed among units entitled to representation. Determination of the number of representatives which a State, county, or other subdivision may send to a legislative body. he U.S.… …
8apportionment — A method of calculating the proportion of input tax applicable to business use, if goods or services are used for business and non business purposes. HM Customs & Revenue Glossary * * * apportionment ap‧por‧tion‧ment [əˈpɔːʆnmənt ǁ ɔːr ] noun… …
9Apportionment — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Apportionment >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 apportionment apportionment allotment consignment assignment appointment Sgm: N 1 appropriation appropriation Sgm: N 1 dispensation dispensation distribution Sgm: N 1 division …
10Apportionment — The allocation of a loss between all of the insurance companies that insure a piece of property. This allocation is used to determine a percentage of liability for each insurer. For example, three insurers who each cover $30,000 on a $90,000… …
