Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of reapportioning or the state of being reapportioned.
- noun Redistribution of representation in a legislative body, especially the periodic reallotment of US congressional seats according to changes in the census figures as required by the Constitution.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A renewed apportionment; a new proportional distribution or arrangement: as (in the United States), the reapportionment of members of Congress or of Congressional districts under a new census.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A second or a new apportionment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
reapportioning ; a second or subsequentapportionment . - noun US, politics Reassignment of representation in a legislature, especially of U.S. House of Representative seats, in accord with changes in the census population determination.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results)
Etymologies
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Examples
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House seats in reapportionment -- the most of any state.
Election 2010: Republicans net 60 House seats, 6 Senate seats and 7 governorships Chris Cillizza 2010
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Thirty-nine governors have a role in reapportionment.
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Thirty-nine governors have a role in reapportionment.
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Thirty-nine governors have a role in reapportionment.
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Thirty-nine governors have a role in reapportionment.
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Thirty-nine governors have a role in reapportionment.
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Thirty-nine governors have a role in reapportionment.
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Black, infinitely more civilized but no less protective of his state and, by extension, of the dry laws both men supported, called reapportionment “unjust and unrighteous,” for favoring the cities over the countryside.
LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010
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Black, infinitely more civilized but no less protective of his state and, by extension, of the dry laws both men supported, called reapportionment “unjust and unrighteous,” for favoring the cities over the countryside.
LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010
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In a 10-year constitutional process called reapportionment, the Census Bureau said Tuesday that 12 congressional seats would move from one state to another.
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