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apportion - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Verb

apportion (third-person singular simple present apportions, present participle apportioning, simple past and past participle apportioned)

• (transitive) To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
  • ✤ The controlling party had apportioned the voting districts such that their party would be favored in the next election.
• (transitive) Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally.
  • ✤ The children were required to dump all of their Halloween candy on the table so that their parents could apportion it among them.
  • ✤ The Good Friday Agreement did not, and could not, apportion blame for the Troubles, in which, as in so many such conflicts, one side’s terrorist is the other’s hero.¹

Etymology

From Middle French apportionner, from Old French aporcioner, from Late Latin apportionare, from Latin ad + portio. By surface analysis, ap- +‎ portion.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /əˈpɔːʃən/
  • Audio (Southern England): 🔊
• (General American) IPA: /əˈpɔɹʃən/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ʃən

Printed 2026-06-28.

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Footnotes

1. 2023 April 10, The Editorial Board, “Biden’s Trip to Northern Ireland and the Power of Diplomacy”, in The New York Times ‎${}^{[1]}$, →ISSN: ↩

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