APPORTIONING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does apportioning mean? 

• APPORTIONING (noun)
  The noun APPORTIONING has 1 sense:

1. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan

  Familiarity information: APPORTIONING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APPORTIONING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

allocation; allotment; apportioning; apportionment; assignation; parceling; parcelling

Context example:

the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state

Hypernyms ("apportioning" is a kind of...):

distribution (the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "apportioning"):

grant; subsidisation; subsidization (the act of providing a subsidy)

reallocation; reallotment; reapportionment (a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results))

deal (the act of apportioning or distributing something)

rationing (the act of rationing)

parcel; portion; share (the allotment of some amount by dividing something)

 Context examples 

The act of distributing or spreading or apportioning.

(Distribution, NCI Thesaurus)

Qualifier for anatomical location or specimen further detailing the portion or totality, which means arrangement of, or apportioning of an entity.

(CDISC SDTM Portion/Totality Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)