Crossword clues for apportioning
The Collaborative International 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.
Wiktionary
n. apportionment vb. (present participle of apportion English)
WordNet
n. 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" [syn: allotment, apportionment, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation]
Usage examples of "apportioning".
We had that challenge to Rule 9(c) governing the apportioning of delegates formerly committed--" "Jack, spare me the tedious details.
The massive flight of missiles began to spread and disperse, apportioning itself among the victims in its path.
An entire generation of analysts would examine every tiny facet of the Battle of Adler, apportioning blame and assigning guilt with twenty-twenty hindsight and the fine ruthlessness of people who'd never been there, and that was just as immaterial right now as what Yeargin had been thinking.
They stole your play but they didn't use all of it, that's what this business of apportioning these contributions is all about can't you understand!
Three hundred seventy million dollars in gross receipts and I was supposed to get all the profits till they got away with apportioning my share only to what they stole from me when we didn't show up to contest it because Sam had gone fishing and Basic was busy somewhere making brooms?
For purposes of levying taxes and apportioning representatives, slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person.