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Word: Apportion
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late 16th century: from Old French apportionner or medieval Latin apportionare, from ad- ‘to’ + portionare ‘divide into portions’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈpɔːʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
divide up and share out
Short Definition:divide up and share out
Examples:- voting power will be apportioned according to contribution
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