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# apportioned

«apportioned» in Mova's school dictionary: **Shared out or divided among people, often in fair or set…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (past of «apportion»: apportion, apportions, apportioned, apportioning)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Shared out or divided among people, often in fair or set parts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apportioned/#m1)

2) (formal) Gave a share of blame or responsibility to someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apportioned/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A stiff exam word in maths sharing problems: «the money was apportioned equally among 4 children» means divided by 4; or in a ratio. In news, blame is apportioned. Phrases: «apportioned equally», «apportioned between», «apportion blame».

### examples

- The prize money was apportioned equally among the five winners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apportioned/#x1)
- 60 pounds was apportioned between Tom and Sue in the ratio 1:2. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apportioned/#x2)
- The land was apportioned among the farmers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apportioned/#x3)
- Time was apportioned fairly to each group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apportioned/#x4)
- The judge apportioned the blame to both drivers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apportioned/#x5)
- Then the booty was apportioned out, but only a ducat was given to the little tailor, for that was as much as he could carry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apportioned/#x6)

### note

Very formal; everyday: «shared out», «divided». In maths: «apportioned equally» = divide the total by the number of people (60 ÷ 5 = 12 each); «apportioned in the ratio 1:2» = split into 3 parts, one gets 1 part, the other 2 parts (20 and 40).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «apportioned» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apportioned/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.