how to pronounce apportionment
/əˈpɔːɹʃənmənt/
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apportionment is pronounced in four syllables
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An example use of apportionment in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… some of the apportionment of funds from …”
meanings of apportionment
noun:
- The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned.
- The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.
- The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states.
apportionment frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word apportionment occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
topics apportionment can be related to
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that apportionment can be often used in the following areas:
1) business and work;
2) communication, information, and media;
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