Apportionment - English meaning

noun

The action or process of allocating or sharing out something.

Usage examples:

More efficient allocation of resources

noun

A plot of land rented by an individual for growing vegetables or flowers.

Usage examples:

Some of them have nice gardens at home for flowers, and want the allotments to grow vegetables.

noun

The process of sharing something, or the amount or share of something that someone or something is given

Usage examples:

The trade body labeled as illegal last year's allotment of $3.2 billion in cotton subsidies., an al…

verb

Allocate (a job or duty).

Usage examples:

Congress had assigned the task to the agency

verb

Present participle of assign

Usage examples:

[ + two objects ] un troops were assigned the task of rebuilding the hospital., the case has been a…

noun

Exemption from a rule or usual requirement.

Usage examples:

Although she was too young, she was given special dispensation to play before her birthday

noun

Special permission, especially from the church, to do something that is not usually allowed

Usage examples:

Special dispensation from the couple have requested (a) special dispensation from the church to all…

noun

The action of sharing something out among a number of recipients.

Usage examples:

The government released about 74,000 tonnes of rice for distribution among people affected by the c…

noun

The act of dividing something among people, or spreading or supplying something

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The bill would prohibit the sale and distribution of firearms., a very substantial upward distribut…

noun

The process of transporting products from a manufacturer, storing them, and selling them to different stores and customers

Usage examples:

Control/handle the distribution we handle the distribution of the product in the us and mexico., in…

noun

The action of separating something into parts or the process of being separated.

Usage examples:

The division of the land into small fields

noun

The separation of something into parts or groups, or one of the parts or groups that has been separated

Usage examples:

[ u ] the division of responsibilities among the officers of the company was spelled out in detail.…

noun

One of the main separate parts that a company, or group of companies, is divided into

Usage examples:

The year-on-year profit figure for the division fell by 36%., investment/services/international div…

noun

A fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime.

Usage examples:

1947 saw the bread ration reduced

verb

Allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a commodity).

Usage examples:

Petrol was so strictly rationed that bikes were always in demand

verb

Have a portion of (something) with another or others.

Usage examples:

He shared the pie with her

noun

A part or portion of a larger amount which is divided among a number of people, or to which a number of people contribute.

Usage examples:

Under the proposals, investors would pay a greater share of the annual fees required

noun

One of the equal parts into which a company's capital is divided, entitling the holder to a proportion of the profits.

Usage examples:

He's selling his shares in bt

noun

The action of dividing or being divided into parts.

Usage examples:

The splitting of water into its components of hydrogen and oxygen is critical

adjective

(of a headache) severe.

Usage examples:

I woke up with a splitting headache

verb

Break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain.

Usage examples:

The ice cracked and split