Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun apportionment

1 sense of apportionment

Sense 1
allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation -- (the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state")
       => distribution -- (the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning)