apportionment en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English apportion Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English apportionment From apportion + -ment.
Meanings
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The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned.
The names of the prayers are given above the tunes, but there is no indication of apportionment of the text to the phrases and notes of the melody.
1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 218:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]He was smooth-faced, and his fresh skin and well-developed figure bespoke the man in good physical condition through active exercise, yet well content with the world's apportionment.
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- (US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.
- (US) The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| apportionments | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (23)
tr tahsis (The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned) · pl aport (The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned) · tr paylaştırma (The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned) · de Betragserteilung (The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned) · pt repartição (The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned) · de Aufteilung (The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned) · id alokasi kursi ((US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states) · de Umlage (The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned) · ro repartizare (The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned) · tr paylaştırma ((US) The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states) · es distribución (The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned) · tr tevzi (The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned) · de Verteilung ((US) The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states) · es prorrateo (The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned) · es racionamiento (The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned) · de Umlegung (The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned) · es reparto (The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned) · tr bölüştürme (The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned) · fr partage (The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned) · es aporcionamiento (The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned) · ar تَوَزُّع (The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned) · eo onigo (The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned) · fr répartition (The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned)