had been apportioning

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of apportion.
  apportion

  verb (used with object)

  to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution.

Related Words

• administer
• allocate
• allot
• distribute
• divvy up