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   apportion

   /əˈpɔːʃn/

   verb

   • 1. divide up and share out: "voting power will be apportioned according to contribution"
   • ▪ assign: "they did not apportion blame or liability to any one individual"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Old French apportionner or medieval Latin apportionare, from ad- ‘to’ + portionare ‘divide into portions’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. apportionable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • A

     1

   • P

     3

   • P

     3

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

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