APPORTIONMENT

Apportionment

Apportionment is the process of allocating the political power of a set of constituent voters among their representatives in a governing body.

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apportionment

Noun

  1. The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned
  2. The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states
  3. The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states


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