apportionments

plural of apportionment
as in distributions
the act or process of giving out something to each member of a group the apportionment of the estate will happen this Friday

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Recent Examples of apportionments In June 2025, Arizona suggested a new approach that would, for the first time, base the amount of water available on the river’s actual flows, rather than on reservoir level projections or historic apportionments. Sarah Porter, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • Now, the union appears to be saying that the larger pool of performers that will receive distributions from the fund are non-principal performers on those successful streaming shows.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Smart contracts manage distributions and shareholder rights.
    Charles Morey, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The same shift is happening with high-net-worth individuals, increasingly professionalizing their allocations.
    Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of suggesting steps, the system executes trades in real time, sets stop-loss orders, and updates allocations autonomously.
    Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Apportionments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apportionments. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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