Apportionment
Pronunciation : Ap*por"tion*ment
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. F. apportionnement, LL. apportionamentum.]
Definition : Defn: The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or property. A. Hamilton.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913