Used in a Sentence

apportioned

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for apportioned.

Editorial note

It's a drug sold in large doses to treat cancer apportioned to a small dose to treat blindness.

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Quick take

Assigned as somebody's portion; allotted.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of apportioned gathered in one view.

adjective

Assigned as somebody's portion; allotted.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for apportioned.

Example sentences

1

It's a drug sold in large doses to treat cancer apportioned to a small dose to treat blindness.

2

Your vote has the statistical significance it has been apportioned by your continued choice of living locale.

3

Electoral votes per county isn't really all that close to population-weighted; electoral votes are not apportioned proportionally to population.

4

It depends on how the cost of the building (for example) is apportioned amongst all the sandwiches they sold.

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Salaries are apportioned based on how close a job role is to the company's revenue stream.

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Modern work is psychological monoculture, with work quality apportioned according to social status and rank, which means that it's mental torture (extreme boredom) to be of low status.

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That does not mean he was in the optimum training environment, he apportioned his time correctly or he trained with focus required to be better than he is.

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Obviously, if ballot access or funds are still apportioned based on general election results, that's inappropriate.

9

Each user should get an equal share, and if they're using less than that, the remainder should be apportioned to the other users evenly.

10

And when various radio stations and MTV and whoever in the hell else pays license fees, they even get to decide how that is apportioned.

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He either questions whether the money was rightly apportioned to him and his flight or he questions whether money should be able to buy that privilege.

12

When a corporation spends money on the shareholder's behalf on lobbying or fancy tax law specialists, in benefits every single shareholder, because stock returns are apportioned.

Quote examples

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"Obviously, if ballot access or funds are still apportioned based on general election results, that's inappropriate." Which they would be.

2

There are plenty of worthy stories that just won't generate page views and hence don't get the attention they "deserve," if coverage was apportioned by success measured in dollars or reach rather than pageviews.

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In addition, private individuals could establish "tax baskets" that could be used to fund a number of smaller entities with a single appropriation, so that your 1% could be apportioned among hundreds of entities without you having to type them all in.

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[1] I also find it interesting that "inequality" is based solely on "share of national income", as if there is just this big pile of ex nihilo money being apportioned out unfairly.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use apportioned in a sentence?

It's a drug sold in large doses to treat cancer apportioned to a small dose to treat blindness.

What does apportioned mean?

Assigned as somebody's portion; allotted.

What part of speech is apportioned?

apportioned is commonly used as adjective.