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noun. The act of apportioning.

noun. The condition of having been apportioned.

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noun. The proportional distribution of the number of members of the US House of Representatives on the basis of the population of each state.

noun. Allotment of direct taxes on the basis of state population.

noun. The act of apportioning; a dividing into portions or shares; a dividing and assigning of a just and equitable portion to each person interested or entitled to participate in any claim, right, property, or charge.

noun. In the United States: The distribution of representation in the federal House of Representatives, and in the houses of the different State legislatures.

noun. The allotment of direct taxes on the basis of population: a Congressional power rarely exercised.

noun. 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 right or property.

noun. The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned

noun. The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states

noun. The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states

noun. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan