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
Because of a 1960s Supreme Court ruling, the apportionment of state Senate seats is based on population, not geography.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2024
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
Meanwhile we begged our mother to charge herself with certain domestic duties, and our sister-in-law with certain others, hoping by this apportionment of officers to introduce harmony and order into the establishment.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Carlo Gozzi
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The Golden Compass
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The Federalist No. 10 by James Madison
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