The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan:
— The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state.
synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportioning, assignation, parceling, parcelling.
Roget 60:
arrangement;
plan
etc.
626;
preparation
etc.
673;
disposal,
disposition;
collocation,
allocation;
distribution;
sorting
etc.
v.;
assortment,
allotment,
apportionment,
taxis,
taxonomy,
syntaxis†,
graduation,
organization;
grouping;
tabulation.
analysis,
classification,
clustering,
division,
digestion.
[Result of arrangement]
digest;
synopsis
etc.
(compendium)
596;
syntagma [Gramm.],
table,
atlas;
file,
database;
register.
etc.
(record)
551;
organism,
architecture.
[Instrument for sorting]
sieve,
riddle,
screen,
sorter.
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Roget 73:
dispersion;
disjunction
etc.
44;
divergence
etc.
291;
aspersion;
scattering
etc.
v.;
dissemination,
diffusion,
dissipation,
distribution;
apportionment
etc.
786;
spread,
respersion†,
circumfusion†,
interspersion,
spargefaction†;
affusion†.
waifs and estrays†,
flotsam and jetsam,
disjecta membra [Lat.],
[Horace];
waveson†.
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Roget 44:
disjunction,
disconnection,
disunity,
disunion,
disassociation,
disengagement;
discontinuity
etc.
70;
abjunction†;
cataclasm†;
inconnection†;
abstraction,
abstractedness;
isolation;
insularity,
insulation;
oasis;
island;
separateness
etc.
adj.;
severalty;
disjecta membra [Lat.];
dispersion
etc.
73;
apportionment
etc.
786.
separation;
parting
etc.
v.;
circumcision;
detachment,
segregation;
divorce,
sejunction†,
seposition†,
diduction†,
diremption†,
discerption†;
elision;
caesura,
break,
fracture,
division,
subdivision,
rupture;
compartition†;
dismemberment,
dislocation;
luxation†;
severance,
disseverance;
scission;
rescission,
abscission;
laceration,
dilaceration†;
disruption,
abruption†;
avulsion†,
divulsion†;
section,
resection,
cleavage;
fission;
partibility†,
separability.
fissure,
breach,
rent,
split,
rift,
crack,
slit,
incision.
dissection anatomy;
decomposition
etc.
49;
cutting instrument
etc.
(sharpness)
253;
buzzsaw,
circular saw,
rip saw.
separatist.
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Roget 786:
apportionment,
allotment,
consignment,
assignment,
appointment;
appropriation;
dispensation,
distribution;
division,
deal;
repartition,
partition;
administration.
dividend,
portion,
contingent,
share,
allotment,
fair share,
allocation,
lot,
measure,
dose;
dole,
meed,
pittance;
quantum,
ration;
ratio,
proportion,
quota,
modicum,
mess,
allowance;
suerte†.
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Dutch: verdeling, perceel, lot, rendez-vous, toebedeling, allocatie, toekenning, toewijzing
Polish: asygnacja