apportioning
Distributing among recipients
Apportioning is distributing or allocating something among recipients according to some principle or formula.
Legislative seats are apportioned among districts based on population.
Costs may be apportioned among departments.
Blame gets apportioned after failures: The committee spent hours apportioning responsibility for the disaster.
Barrier separating spaces
- subdivideSplit into smaller portions
- segmentDistinct part of whole
- parcelWrapped item for shipping
- slicePortion cut off
carve · section · tranche · prorate · fractionate · demarcate · delineate · bisect
Allocating funds systematically
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
dispensation · provisioning · earmarking · doling · parceling · meting · disbursing · divvying
Move between locations
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
- dispersalSpreading in many directions
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
redistribution · commissioning · decentralization · devolution · assignment · entrusting · handing over · passing down
Legal right of possession
- stakeSharpened post or share
- sharesUnits of company ownership
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
- dividendCorporate profit share
capital · investment · percentage · holdings · entitlement · beneficiary · inheritance · bequest
Formal decision on disputes
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- rulingFormal legal determination
determination · awarding · damages · liability · restitution · compensation · reparations · court-ordered
partition
Barrier separating spaces
slice · carve · section · tranche · prorate · fractionate · demarcate · delineate · bisect · portion
budgeting
Allocating funds systematically
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
assignment · dispensation · provisioning · earmarking · doling · parceling · meting · disbursing · divvying · portioning
transfer
Move between locations
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
- dispersalSpreading in many directions
consignment · redistribution · commissioning · decentralization · devolution · assignment · entrusting · handing over · passing down · deputizing
ownership
Legal right of possession
dividend · capital · investment · percentage · holdings · entitlement · beneficiary · inheritance · bequest · distribution
adjudication
Formal decision on disputes
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
ruling · determination · awarding · damages · liability · restitution · compensation · reparations · court-ordered · statutory
stewardship
Responsible care of entrusted things
- provisioningSupplying resources in advance
- supplyFurnish or stock
- materialsRaw stuff for creation
assets · funds · time · labor · manpower · bandwidth · capacity · inventory · stockpiling · procurement
- organizingorganizing, categorizing, grouping, structuring, classifying
- distributingdistributing, dispensing, allocating, doling out, handing out
- giving outhanding out, sharing, donating, distributing, dispensing
- dividing updividing, splitting, sharing, portioning, slicing
apportioninghoarding
Excessive accumulation of goods
accumulating · gathering · amassing · collecting · stockpiling
apportioningcombining
Joining multiple elements
merging · unifying · amalgamating · integrating · consolidating