apportions

Distributes among recipients

Apportions means divides and distributes according to some plan or proportion.

Resources, blame, credit, or responsibility get apportioned among recipients: The committee apportions funding based on need.

In politics, apportioning determines how legislative seats are allocated among districts or states based on population.

distribute

dispense

Give out in portions

ration · parcel · administer · deal · bestow · supply · provide · disseminate · spread · furnish

divide

partition

Barrier separating spaces

section · carve · slice · fractionate · bisect · halve · break up · separate · portion out · compartmentalize

share

portion

Divided share given

ration · cut · slice · piece · fraction · percentage · dividend · equity · entitlement · part

allocate

allocation

Distribution of shares

earmarking · dispensation · assignment · provisioning · meting · doling · parceling · distributing · designating · scheduling

Opposites
distribution vs. accumulation

apportionscollects

Gathers and keeps

hoards · gathers · amasses · accumulates · aggregates

division vs. unification

apportionsconsolidates

Combines into stronger whole

combines · merges · unifies · integrates · amalgamates

Family

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