noun
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distribution or allotment
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the act or process of distributing afresh
verb
Etymology
Origin of repartition
Example Sentences
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IN 1805, President Thomas Jefferson urged "a just repartition" of federal revenues among the states for the promotion of "canals, roads, arts, manufactures, education and other great objects within each state."
From Time Magazine Archive
It was paid in a lump sum, and the repartition and levying were left entirely in the hands of the junta and the municipalities.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
It was only in the event of the extinction of a clan that the topography was altered, and frequently a general repartition of land among neighboring tribes took place.
From Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Thebaud, Augustus J.
Bavaria, Hanover, and Denmark profited more or less by the repartition of Germany.
From The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) by Brodrick, George C. (George Charles)
But Castlereagh defined it afresh after the colossal disturbance of the balance which Napoleon effected; and he explained it as “a just repartition of force amongst the States of Europe.”
From Essays in Liberalism Being the Lectures and Papers Which Were Delivered at the Liberal Summer School at Oxford, 1922 by Various
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