apportion

About 0.27 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To divide and distribute portions of a whole.

   The controlling party had apportioned the voting districts such that their party would be favored in the next election.

2. verb Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally.

   The children were required to dump all of their Halloween candy on the table so that their parents could apportion it among them.

Similar words

divvy up deal portion out share allocate apportionment distribute distribution allot sharing

Often followed by

the blame to their it them a his and its

Word family

apportionable apportioned apportioning apportions