0 the act of sharing something between several people or organizations: --
The apportionment of resources within the health service is very complicated.
1 the act of deciding how responsible each person or organization is for something and therefore how much of the costs they or their insurance company should pay: --
2 the act of dividing costs between different accounts in a fair way, or the amount that is put into each account --
3 an agreement between the buyer and seller of a property to share the costs of the property during the time that the sale is being completed --
Not only does this evidence of legislative deference directly undermine longstanding assertions but it suggests that rural advantages in apportionment may not have significantly affected state policy toward urban places.
What difference does malapportionment make with respect to the apportionment of federal transfers?
Fourth, it critically assesses the constitutionally stipulated ' population quota ' and the structural inequalities in the apportionment of parliamentary seats.
In this sense then, this means of apportionment is regressive.
This common wisdom has dissenters; scholars of intergovernmental relations have continued to focus on issues of home rule, centering their attention on problems of apportionment.
These apportionment units were not mere electoral districts established by convention, as they are today.
Enclaves failed to update 1890s apportionments for seven decades.
This because it is feared that under a completely apportionment-based system the incentive to opt for conservation will not be very great.
