0 past simple and past participle of apportion
1 to give or share out something, especially blame or money, among several people or things:
These distinctions emerged in part because rights to communal resources were apportioned according to residences.
But if there is blame to be apportioned in such cases, it seems inappropriate to load it on the seller.
Allocated tends to be used in neutral or mildly positive contexts - with apportioned available for even more positive attitudes.
They expressed how these objectives were maximised, when transactions were jointly planned and managed, with risks and rewards being fairly apportioned.
Instead of doing this, we have apportioned only a part of the estimated cost of this bridge, under the account of the hydroelectric project.
The costs of nurse and physician labor and "hotel costs" were apportioned according to length of stay for each ward separately.
Analysis of molecular variance revealed that the majority of variation was apportioned among individuals within populations regardless of the level at which they were grouped.
Will love be apportioned only for the genetically correct?
