apportioned

verb

past tense of apportion
1
as in allotted
to give as a share or portion apportioned the profits according to years of service with the company

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2
as in distributed
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals apportioned the grant money to the winners of the competition

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Recent Examples of apportioned So LeBron’s salary would realistically be apportioned to other states. — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026 That translates to 42,320 individual allocations to be made across pre-finals games alone, with the $100million of that $355m CBP pot apportioned to qualifying participation working out at $2,362 per player, per match. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 July 2026 Females, minors &c are excluded from the polls, but are included in the enumeration of persons on whom representation is apportioned. — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026 The judge recommended specific amounts for two of the firm’s partners to pay — up to $58,000 by Andrew Bramhall and Brian Cannon — and said the shares apportioned to the other two partners, Margaret Shyr and Victoria Maroulis, would be determined later. — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 27 May 2026 Packed with plenty of tech, the standard Honda 9-inch infotainment system is utilized in our Civic Hatchback Hybrid Sport Touring and was easy to use as the color display was simple and nicely apportioned for all age ranges. — Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 11 Sep. 2025 If the seats were apportioned by vote, instead of by gerrymandered districts, the California delegation would be 32 Democrats and 20 Republicans. — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025 Removing undocumented immigrants from the census’s population count would likely impact the number of House seats apportioned to multiple states—including both Texas and California. — Solcyré Burga, Time, 7 Aug. 2025 But how blue and red teams might be apportioned for AI—and what motivates the players in this whole exercise to ultimately act toward, ideally, furthering the public good—is unclear. — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apportioned
  1. allotted
  2. distributed
  3. allocated
  4. dispensed
  5. assigned
  6. divided
  7. provided
  8. administered
Verb
  • Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Atlanta’s top pick, Virginia outfielder AJ Gracia, agreed to sign for $3,997,500, much less than the $6,675,300 allotted for the ninth overall pick.
    — Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • The House Administration Committee was allotted $10 billion in the House’s budget resolution for election law reforms, as the committee has oversight authority of federal elections.
    — Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 27 July 2026
Definition of allotted
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  • The Panthers distributed 47,736 tickets, and the stadium looked about 60% full.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Workers will dispute which tasks should be automated and how resulting gains should be distributed.
    — Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of distributed
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  • The nearly $170 billion allocated to public schools across America was never intended to last forever.
    — Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The state’s Project Homekey has allocated nearly a billion dollars toward supportive housing, creating 2,749 affordable homes for folks with behavioral health challenges at risk of homelessness — issues often tied up in a ball with addiction.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
Definition of allocated
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  • Addicts could bring their heroin and cocaine to a 13-seat center where staff dispensed needles, swabs, and sterile water to cook the drugs and offered advice on vein maintenance.
    — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • Instead of seeing him as a future Hall of Famer who should be a franchise pillar, the Royals dispensed him to Houston in 2004 in a three-way trade that brought them back catcher John Buck, third baseman Mark Teahen and pitcher Mike Wood.
    — Vahe Gregorian July 29, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026
Definition of dispensed
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  • Secret Service Director Sean Curran told reporters that the agency had more than 10,000 investigations into threats against people the agency has been assigned to protect.
    — Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • After being assigned full-time to the Highway Interdiction Unit, Bosco and Deputy Samuelson became one of the most successful K9 teams in the region, regularly busting drug traffickers traveling along highways and interstates in LaPorte County.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of assigned
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  • Via a points system, entrants will not only compete for prize money in individual races but also vie for a $5 million prize pool divided up based on the series’ final standings.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Congressional Republicans are headed into the home stretch ahead of a crucial midterm election year bitterly divided over their competing legislative priorities.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of divided
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  • No details about the patient have been provided, and Health New Zealand would not disclose information without family approval.
    — Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • During a press conference in Tallahassee on Thursday, Fishback based his allegations on information provided by a whistleblower seemingly familiar with the federal investigation.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of provided
Verb
  • The project is administered by the Bureau of Engineering and Construction, Office of Construction, District 3 in New Haven, according to the DOT.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026
  • As the first medication was administered, Constance began to sing.
    — Sai Rajagopal, STAT, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of administered

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