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Definition of: apportionment
(ə·pôr′shən·mənt, ə·pōr′-) noun
1. An apportioning or being apportioned; any proportional division or allotment.
2. U.S. The decision by law as to the number of representatives that a state may have in the Federal House of Representatives, or that a county or other political subdivision may have in a state legislature.
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