apportionment
noun
ap·por·tion·ment
ə-ˈpȯr-shən-mənt 
: an act or result of apportioning
especially
: the apportioning of representatives or taxes among the states according to U.S. law
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Examples of apportionment in a Sentence
the apportionment of the estate will happen this Friday
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The contingency portion of the Overall Work Program, which is now valued at just under $9 million, amounts to less than 10 percent of the budget apportionment — a slice of the agency’s annual spending that typically comes from state and federal sources.
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Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024
For example, the Three-Fifths Compromise inflated the political influence of enslavers by counting 60 percent of enslaved populations in their congressional apportionments (while denying all enslaved people the right to vote, of course).
—Jon Grinspan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
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Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024
For example, the Three-Fifths Compromise inflated the political influence of enslavers by counting 60 percent of enslaved populations in their congressional apportionments (while denying all enslaved people the right to vote, of course).
—Jon Grinspan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
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“Apportionment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apportionment. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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