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noun
The act of reapportioning; a second or subsequent apportionment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The act of reapportioning; a second or subsequent apportionment.
Reassignment of representation in a legislature, especially of U.S. House of Representative seats, in accord with changes in the census population determination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Topics: government, politics
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noun
a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: reallotment, reallocation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
Narrower terms: reshuffle
History
c. 1930 reapportion + -ment
