apportion
verb (used with object)
to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution.
apportions
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present tense formof apportion (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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In Washington, a bipartisan commission apportions the congressional and legislative districts.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2023
This includes Barclays, which apportions 33% of the capital markets financing to the bank and the rest to investors.
From Reuters ● Mar. 24, 2023
On Tuesday, the Senate approved a $1 trillion infrastructure package in a 69-30 vote that apportions billions of dollars for building new transmission lines, public transit and electric-car charging stations.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2021
The second, federalism, apportions power between two levels of government: national and subnational.
From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021
Mqhayi then began to recite his well-known poem in which he apportions the stars in the heavens to the various nations of the world.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
