Apportioning

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  apportioning
       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}]