apportionment

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan

From apportion + -ment.

"The four-fold division of castes was created by me according to the apportionment of qualities and duties." — India, Its Life and Thought, John P. (John Peter) Jones
It was to be just a council of State concerned chiefly with public works and with the apportionment of the burden of taxation. — A history of economic doctrines : $b from the time of the physiocrats to the present day, Charles Gide
The same apportionment was made on board of both steamers, and Lord Tremlyn and Sir Modava were most vigorously cheered by the two ships' companies. — Across India; Or, Live Boys in the Far East, Oliver Optic

allotment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation

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