apportionment
Distributing among parties
Apportionment is the distribution of something among parties according to a plan or formula.
In politics, apportionment determines how legislative seats are allocated among districts or states based on population: Congressional apportionment follows each census.
The verb is apportion: They apportioned blame equally among the partners.
Allocating funds systematically
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- earmarkingAllocating for specific purpose
- provisioningSupplying resources in advance
distributing · parceling · portioning · assigning · designating · reserving · quota · share
Redrawing electoral boundaries
- gerrymanderingManipulating electoral boundaries strategically
- representationDepiction or likeness
- constituenciesElectoral regions or supporter groups
- censusOfficial population count
electorate · districts · boundaries · legislative · congressional · electoral · voting · demographics
Impartial treatment or ownership value
- proportionalityScaling relationship between quantities
- equalitySame status for all
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
evenhandedness · justice · equitable · parity · reasonableness · objectivity · non-discrimination · weighted
Allocation across recipients
- contributionSomething given to help
- communalShared by a community
- collectiveJointly organized group
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
pooling · joint · mutual · participatory · collaborative · stakeholder · beneficiary · recipient
Barrier separating spaces
- segmentationDivision into sections
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
- splittingDividing into parts
- parcelingDividing into shares
carving · slicing · fractioning · sectioning · separating · halving · quartering · demarcation
budgeting
Allocating funds systematically
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- earmarkingAllocating for specific purpose
provisioning · distributing · parceling · portioning · assigning · designating · reserving · quota · share · percentage
redistricting
Redrawing electoral boundaries
- gerrymanderingManipulating electoral boundaries strategically
- representationDepiction or likeness
- constituenciesElectoral regions or supporter groups
census · electorate · districts · boundaries · legislative · congressional · electoral · voting · demographics · seats
equity
Impartial treatment or ownership value
- proportionalityScaling relationship between quantities
- equalitySame status for all
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
balance · evenhandedness · justice · equitable · parity · reasonableness · objectivity · non-discrimination · weighted · merit-based
distribution
Allocation across recipients
- contributionSomething given to help
- communalShared by a community
- collectiveJointly organized group
cooperative · pooling · joint · mutual · participatory · collaborative · stakeholder · beneficiary · recipient · claimant
partition
Barrier separating spaces
- segmentationDivision into sections
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
- splittingDividing into parts
parceling · carving · slicing · fractioning · sectioning · separating · halving · quartering · demarcation · delineation
land
Earth's solid surface
territory · revenue · inheritance · estate · profits · aid · benefits · grants · subsidies · commons
- democracyvote, voting, election, elections, ballot
- budgetingbudget, budgets, budget app, budget template, budget allocation
- dividing and givingdistribute, allocate, divide, give, share
- sharesshares, share, profit sharing, divvy, market share
- Congresssenator, representative, senators, House, bill
- allocationallocation, resource planning, capital allocation, asset allocation, appropriations
apportionmentconsolidation
Combining into unified whole
unification · merger · combination · aggregation · integration
apportionmenthoarding
Excessive accumulation of goods
accumulation · concentration · monopolization · withholding · retention