Apportion
verb
To divide and give out something in portions.
The company will apportion its profits among the employees as bonus.
Often appears as...
- apportion blame
- apportion costs
verb
To assign as a responsibility or share.
The teacher decided to apportion the project tasks among the students.
Often appears as...
- apportion responsibility
- apportion tasks
verb
To divide and give out something in portions.
The company will apportion its profits among the employees as bonus.
Often appears as...
- apportion blame
- apportion costs
verb
To assign as a responsibility or share.
The teacher decided to apportion the project tasks among the students.
Often appears as...
- apportion responsibility
- apportion tasks
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Sharing Profits
Used when profits or benefits are split between people, like bonuses in a company.
The festival's revenue was apportioned among the organizing members.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Equal
Portions distributed may not be the same size; they can be based on merit or role.
The coach apportioned the most playing time to the most skilled players.
Pro Tip 3/3Objective Fairness
Often implies an attempt to be fair in dividing something among parties or areas.
The relief supplies were apportioned fairly among the affected districts.
Pro Tip 1/3Sharing Profits
Used when profits or benefits are split between people, like bonuses in a company.
The festival's revenue was apportioned among the organizing members.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Equal
Portions distributed may not be the same size; they can be based on merit or role.
The coach apportioned the most playing time to the most skilled players.
Pro Tip 3/3Objective Fairness
Often implies an attempt to be fair in dividing something among parties or areas.
The relief supplies were apportioned fairly among the affected districts.
Pro Tip 1/3Sharing Profits
Used when profits or benefits are split between people, like bonuses in a company.
The festival's revenue was apportioned among the organizing members.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Equal
Portions distributed may not be the same size; they can be based on merit or role.
The coach apportioned the most playing time to the most skilled players.
Pro Tip 3/3Objective Fairness
Often implies an attempt to be fair in dividing something among parties or areas.
The relief supplies were apportioned fairly among the affected districts.
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The African Swamp...
I believe they must be protected. But we must also, in this fight against climate change, ensure that responsibility and accountability are adequately apportioned.
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The African Swamp...
I believe they must be protected. But we must also, in this fight against climate change, ensure that responsibility and accountability are adequately apportioned.
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Dorothea Dix
American Activist
I believe the best mode of aiding convicts is so to apportion their tasks in prison as to give to the industrious the opportunity of earning a sum for themselves by 'over-work.' A man usually values that most for which he has labored; he uses that most frugally which he has toiled hour by hour and day by day to acquire.
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Ray Dalio
American Businessman
Credit is a promise to deliver money. It will produce GDP but you'll create credit... So you reach a certain point that that you can't do that anymore... There are choices. And how do we best support, apportion the money? How much is going to be transferred?
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Steven Chu
American Scientist
Occasionally, I would focus on a particular school project and become obsessed with, what seemed to my mother, to be trivial details instead of apportioning the time I spent on school work in a more efficient way.
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Colson Whitehead
American Novelist
I don't generally follow sports. At an early age, I discovered that nature had apportioned me only a small reserve of enthusiasm. Best to ration.
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Nirmala Sitharaman
Indian Politician
It's one thing to get the money apportioned in the budget; the other is to utilise it completely.
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Dorothea Dix
American Activist
I believe the best mode of aiding convicts is so to apportion their tasks in prison as to give to the industrious the opportunity of earning a sum for themselves by 'over-work.' A man usually values that most for which he has labored; he uses that most frugally which he has toiled hour by hour and day by day to acquire.
Quote examples
Ray Dalio
American Businessman
Credit is a promise to deliver money. It will produce GDP but you'll create credit... So you reach a certain point that that you can't do that anymore... There are choices. And how do we best support, apportion the money? How much is going to be transferred?
Quote examples
Steven Chu
American Scientist
Occasionally, I would focus on a particular school project and become obsessed with, what seemed to my mother, to be trivial details instead of apportioning the time I spent on school work in a more efficient way.
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Colson Whitehead
American Novelist
I don't generally follow sports. At an early age, I discovered that nature had apportioned me only a small reserve of enthusiasm. Best to ration.
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Nirmala Sitharaman
Indian Politician
It's one thing to get the money apportioned in the budget; the other is to utilise it completely.
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