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

Synonyms

• distribution
• allocation

Examples of apportionment in a Sentence

the apportionment of the estate will happen this Friday

Recent Examples on the Web

But also on the flip side, in states that do tax, for example, and don't provide what's called apportionment relief, there might be an additional amount of impetus to challenge some of the states that do tax GILTI, now NCTI. —Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025

That bill calls for not only excluding noncitizens from the apportionment numbers, but also a new census and round of congressional redistricting before the 2026 midterm election. —Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 7 Aug. 2025

The Trump administration has also faced bipartisan pressure to restore the apportionments database in recent months. —Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 21 July 2025

Service Business Trap There are other apportionment rules for different types of businesses. —Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Anglo-French aporcionement, from aporcioner "to apportion" + -ment -ment

First Known Use

1579, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for apportionment

• reapportionment