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REAPPORTION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Allocate, distribute, or apportion anew

Example:

Congressional seats are reapportioned on the basis of census data

Synonyms:

reallocate; reapportion

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "reapportion" is one way to...):

allocate; apportion (distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

reapportionment (a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results))

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