apportionment
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She said the service charge fees increased suddenly in 2020, due to a "change in the apportionment" or share of costs, set by the landlord.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
And, since the country’s founding, the U.S. has conducted a Census once a decade for the purposes of apportionment.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2025
The successful challenge by Phoenix won’t change how many congressional seats Arizona got during the apportionment process, or the more detailed numbers used for redrawing political boundaries.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2023
In general, the apportionment of electoral districts this year appears to be the fairest in 40 years, as reported by the New York Times.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 10, 2022
Rights of common usage, communal apportionment of shares in the arable, communal arrangement of ways and times of cultivation—these are the chief features of open-field husbandry, and all point to one source—the village community.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
Vocabulary lists containing apportionment
The Golden Compass
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"The Federalist No. 10," Vocabulary from the argument
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The Federalist No. 10 by James Madison
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