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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of apportion.

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  • adjective given out in portions

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Examples

  • One of the greatest hindrances to the success of our schools is the inability, or the unwillingness, of some patrons to supply their children with text-books, and the disposition on the part of some District School Committees not to teach out the whole term apportioned in one continued term, but to stop the schools whenever the children are needed for farm work, and teach out the balance of their apportionment at another time.

    Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina, for the Scholastic Years 1898-'99 to 1899-1900 Charles Harden 1896

  • The Constitution required that any capitation tax be apportioned, meaning that every person in a given state had to pay the same amount.

    Why the ObamaCare Tax Penalty Is Unconstitutional J. Kenneth Blackwell And Kenneth A. Klukowski 2010

  • Thus emerged the concept of an "apportioned" tax, or as it is called when applied to the problem of property valuation, the "unit rule," which till 1938 afforded the Court its chief reliance in the field of

    The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 Edward Samuel Corwin 1920

  • Also, while Congress can impose a national capitation or property tax [ "direct tax"], to do so it must be "apportioned" which in point of fact means that the tax cannot be imposed.

    California Progress Report christine 2010

  • Enbridge has "apportioned" capacity on much of its crude network, which means it has restricted how much companies can ship on its pipe.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Nathan VanderKlippe 2010

  • Enbridge has "apportioned" capacity on much of its crude network, which means it has restricted how much companies can ship on its pipe.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Nathan VanderKlippe 2010

  • For example, businesses which operate in multiple states, including California, have long been confounded by complicated rules which define the means by which income is to be "apportioned" to the Golden State.

    North Lake Tahoe Bonanza - Top Stories 2009

  • For example, businesses which operate in multiple states, including California, have long been confounded by complicated rules which define the means by which income is to be "apportioned" to the Golden State.

    North Lake Tahoe Bonanza - Top Stories 2009

  • (Under the Constitution, direct taxes must be "apportioned", which essentially is an administrative nightmare to do on a consistent, ongoing basis.

    WHY TAX MOLESTERS FEAR RON PAUL 2007

  • The various portions of the Sabbath liturgy such as readings, blessings, and Torah interpretation—called “honors”—have been apportioned by sign-up on a clipboard that Naomi refers to as the service unfolds.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

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