apportion
Use Apportion in a sentence
ʃən, əˈpoʊr- verb (used with object)
to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
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| —vb | |
| (tr) to divide, distribute, or assign appropriate shares of; allot proportionally: to apportion the blame | |
| ap'portionable | |
| —adj | |
| ap'portioner | |
| —n | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
apportion
1570s, from M.Fr. apportionner, from O.Fr. aporcioner, from a- "to" + portioner "to divide into portions," from portion "share, portion" (see portion). Apportionment is attested from 1620s.
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Example sentences
And to apportion proper credit for that, one has to peek behind the scenes.
There was no federally engineered compensation fund, no blue-ribbon panel to apportion blame.
How to measure that and apportion damages is for a jury to decide.
Their report will no doubt apportion blame and recommend changes in maintenance procedures.
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