apportion

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: ap=por=tion
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

apportion, v. t. [OF. apportionner, LL. apportionare, fr. L. ad + portio. See Portion.].

 To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various employments.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

apportion, v.tr. (often foll. by to) share out; assign as a share.

Derivative

apportionable adj. apportionment n.

Etymology

F apportionner or f. med.L apportionare (as AD-, PORTION)

THESAURUS

apportion

accord, align, allocate, allot, array, assign, award, be partners in, bestow, carve, carve up, collocate, compose, cooperate, count, cut, cut up, deal, deal out, decrease, dish out, dispense, dispose, distribute, district, divide, divide into shares, divide up, divide with, divvy, divvy up, divvy up with, dole out, fix, give, go even stephen, go fifty-fifty, go halvers, go halves, go shares, grant, halve, increase, line, line up, lot, marshal, measure, mete out, number, parcel, parcel out, part, partition, place, portion, portion out, present, prorate, quantify, quantize, quota, rally, range, rate, ration, reduce, regiment, section, segment, separate, serve, set out, share, share in, share out, share with, shift, slice, slice the pie, slice up, space, split, split the difference, split up, subdivide, zone

ROGET THESAURUS

apportion

Disjunction

VB be disjoined, come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces, peel off, get loose, disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair, divorce, part, dispart, detach, separate, cut off, rescind, segregate, set apart, keep apart, insulate, isolate, throw out of gear, cut adrift, loose, unloose, undo, unbind, unchain, unlock, unpack, unravel, disentangle, set free, sunder, divide, subdivide, sever, dissever, abscind, circumcise, cut, incide, incise, saw, snip, nib, nip, cleave, rive, rend, slit, split, splinter, chip, crack, snap, break, tear, burst, rend, rend asunder, rend in twain, wrench, rupture, shatter, shiver, cranch, crunch, craunch, chop, cut up, rip up, hack, hew, slash, whittle, haggle, hackle, discind, lacerate, scamble, mangle, gash, hash, slice, cut up, carve, dissect, anatomize, dislimb, take to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, tear to pieces, tear to tatters, tear piecemeal, tear limb from limb, divellicate, skin, disintegrate, dismember, disbranch, disband, disperse, dislocate, disjoint, break up, mince, comminute, apportion, part, part company, separate, leave.

Arrangement

VB reduce to order, bring into order, introduce order into, rally, arrange, dispose, place, form, put in order, set in order, place in order, set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal, cast the parts, assign the parts, dispose of, assign places to, assort, sort, sift, riddle, put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array, apportion, class, classify, divide, file, string together, thread, register, catalogue, tabulate, index, graduate, digest, grade, methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix, unravel, disentangle, ravel, card, disembroil, feaze.

Dispersion

VB disperse, scatter, sow, broadcast, disseminate, diffuse, shed, spread, bestrew, overspread, dispense, disband, disembody, dismember, distribute, apportion, blow off, let out, dispel, cast forth, draught off, strew, straw, strow, ted, spirtle, cast, sprinkle, issue, deal out, retail, utter, resperse, intersperse, set abroach, circumfuse, turn adrift, cast adrift, scatter to the winds, spread like wildfire, disperse themselves.

Apportionment

VB apportion, divide, distribute, administer, dispense, billet, allot, detail, cast, share, mete, portion out, parcel out, dole out, deal, carve, allocate, ration, ration out, assign, separate, partition, assign, appropriate, appoint, come in for one's share.