n. [ Cf. F. apportionnement, LL. apportionamentum. ] The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or property. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
(n) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan, Syn.parceling, assignation, apportioning, allocation, apportionment, parcelling, Example: the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state
(n) a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results), Syn.reallocation, reapportionment
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
