apportionment

Meanings

Plural: apportionments

Noun

• 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"
• The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned.
• The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.
• The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states.

Synonyms

allocation, allotment, apportioning, assignation, parceling, parcelling