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apportioning

[uh-pawr-shuhn, uh-pohr-] Origin

ap·por·tion

[uh-pawr-shuhn, uh-pohr-]
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.

Origin:
1565–75; < Middle French apportionner, equivalent to ap- ap-1 + portionner to portion

ap·por·tion·a·ble, adjective
ap·por·tion·er, noun
non·ap·por·tion·a·ble, adjective
un·ap·por·tioned, adjective
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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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