apportion
verb (used with object)
to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution.
has apportioned
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present perfectof apportion (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It’s the first time in more than four decades that a Washington state politician has apportioned the federal river of money, since the late Sen. Warren Magnuson last chaired the same committee.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2024
His super PAC, Right to Rise USA, has apportioned $6.6 million in Iowa, $22 million in New Hampshire and $8.3 million in South Carolina — amounts that tell the tale of his early-state strategy.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2015
But something equivalent has occurred in Japan this week, where an eye-poppingly unsparing report into the Fukushima nuclear disaster has apportioned a significant share of blame to the Japanese national character itself.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 6, 2012
Khalifa Ali Wad Helu has been put in charge of the place, he has apportioned special quarters for each variety of goods, and the different marts are now separated off in lines.
From Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 by F. R. Wingate
No one has faced more forks and knives, or has apportioned his implements with nicer discrimination among the meats.
From Chimney-Pot Papers by Fritz August Gottfried Endell
