Dictionary entry

Apportion

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ap‐por″tion (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Apportioned (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Apportioning.] [OF. apportionner, LL. apportionare, fr. L. ad + portio. See Portion.] To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various employments.