Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Apportion \Ap*por"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Apportioned}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Apportioning}.] [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.
Source : WordNet®
apportioning
n : the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning;
distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of
seats in the House of Representatives is based on the
relative population of each state" [syn: {allotment}, {apportionment},
{allocation}, {parceling}, {parcelling}, {assignation}]