reapportion

Reallocate the shares

To reapportion is to redistribute or reallocate shares, resources, or representation.

The term appears most often in political contexts, where legislative seats are reapportioned among districts after a census to reflect population changes: The state had to reapportion its congressional districts.

More broadly, anything divided into portions can be reapportioned: We reapportioned the workload after two people quit.

allocation

allocate

Designate for specific use

reallocateAssign to different uses
redistributeApportion anew among parties
divideSeparate into parts

distribute · allot · assign · share · split · parcel · prorate · mete · dispense · dole

political

redistricting

Redrawing electoral boundaries

gerrymanderingManipulating electoral boundaries strategically
constituenciesElectoral regions or supporter groups
censusOfficial population count

precincts · boundaries · electorate · districting · representation · demographics · voting · legislature · congressional · senatorial

quota

allocation

Distribution of shares

sharePortion given out
percentageProportion out of hundred
allotmentDesignated share or portion

distribution · ration · entitlement · allowance · slice · segment · fraction · piece · part · limit

equity

fairness

Just and equal treatment

balanceSteadiness or amount owed
proportionalityScaling relationship between quantities
even-handednessUnbiased treatment of all

impartiality · equal representation · parity · redress · correction · adjustment · recalibration · rebalancing · rectification

Opposites

distribution action

reapportionconsolidate

Unite separate things

combine · pool · unify · merge · centralize

Family

reapportionment, reapportions, reapportioned, reapportioning

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