名詞 apportionment:

1. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
   同義詞：allotment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation

ap.por.tion.ment

n.（名詞）

The act of apportioning.
分配：分配的行為
The condition of having been apportioned.
分派：被分派的狀況

The proportional distribution of the number of members of the U.S. House of Representatives on the basis of the population of each state.
議員名額的分配：根據(jù)各州人口而進行的美國眾議院議員名額的按比例分配
Allotment of direct taxes on the basis of state population.
稅額分配：根據(jù)各州人口而作的直接稅收的分配