apportion

verb

ə-ˈpȯr-shən How to pronounce apportion (audio)
Definition of apportionnext
1
as in to allot
to give as a share or portion apportioned the profits according to years of service with the company

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2
as in to distribute
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals apportioned the grant money to the winners of the competition

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Recent Examples of apportion Even before the 2025 Southern California fires erupted, the Camp Fire and other major wildfires had generated a circular political debate over how billions of dollars in damages should be apportioned. — Dan Walters, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2026 That translates to 42,320 individual allocations to be made across pre-finals games alone, with the $100million of that $355m CBP pot apportioned to qualifying participation working out at $2,362 per player, per match. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 July 2026 Females, minors &c are excluded from the polls, but are included in the enumeration of persons on whom representation is apportioned. — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026 And ComEd can do its small part to help by creating a fairer method of apportioning costs to help those in need. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for apportion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apportion
  1. allot
  2. distribute
  3. assign
  4. dispense
  5. allocate
  6. provide
  7. divide
  8. administer
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  • For a long time, the prime real estate for podcast discovery was Apple’s iTunes, where new podcasts were allotted their own row for a week.
    — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Experts say the vast majority of nonprofits cap the amount of vacation time an employee can accrue, most often to one-and-a-half times the vacation hours allotted to them for a single year.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
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  • Uganda received its first batch of nearly 20,000 doses of lenacapavir in February and began distributing it in April, one month behind schedule.
    — Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Images distributed by Iran’s semiofficial news agency ISNA showed oil fouling the island's beaches.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of distribute
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  • Those who’ve reported to ICE offices after receiving the notices have been outfitted with ankle monitors that allow authorities to track their location, Dorsainvil says, and many have been assigned court dates in about a month.
    — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
  • In one case, several systems worked on a problem in parallel, one cheated outright, and the system assigned to summarize their work did not flag it.
    — Craig S. Smith, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of assign
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  • That’s the takeaway from an incident in the small city of Chuzhou, China, after a large langue model dispensed some advice that led to the untimely death of 25 acres worth of produce.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The new law prohibits drugmakers from restricting the number or types of pharmacies that hospitals and other providers can contract with to dispense medications to their patients through a federal program called the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
    — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of dispense
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  • The goal is to empower more women to allocate capital, fundamentally changing who gets funded and driving future innovation, rather than waiting for the traditional system to change.
    — Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • For years, states have tried to discuss how to allocate and conserve the water in the basin, but negotiations have led to disagreements and even threats of lawsuits.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of allocate
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  • The organization is also providing feminine hygiene products as well.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • In response to a Herald inquiry, Borghesani provided the 12 months of spending for Hayden’s personal p-card.
    — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of provide
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  • More than ever, colleges and universities are divided over how to respond in what are likely to be no-win contests.
    — David Wippman, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Union households support the measure, while non-union families are evenly divided about it.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of divide
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  • Wednesday night’s drawing will be the 44th consecutive drawing in the current jackpot run, and the prize ranks as the eighth-largest in Powerball history, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which administers the game.
    — Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The order aims to decrease the number of vaccines children take and split vaccines that have been administered in a single shot into several shots across separate doctor's visits.
    — Michael Loria, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
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