apportionment

About 0.90 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned.
2. noun The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.
3. noun The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states.

Similar words

apportioning allotment allocation parceling parcelling apportioned distribution distribute share apportion

Often followed by

of and is act among in to formula was

Word family

apportionments