apportionment

noun

1. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan

   noun.act

   Examples

   The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state.

   Synonyms allocation allotment apportioning assignation parceling parcelling

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. 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.

   noun

   Source: webster1913