Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To distribute anew.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To apportion again; make a new apportionment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To apportion again.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
apportion again ; toredistribute orreallocate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb allocate, distribute, or apportion anew
Etymologies
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Examples
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Journal Community The Federal Communications Commission, worried that the country is headed toward wireless gridlock, has a plan, awaiting congressional authorization, to reapportion the airwaves.
Should Some of Broadcasters' Spectrum Be Auctioned Off to Wireless Carriers? 2011
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Whatever one thinks of the regulatory state as a phenomenon (and this writer is skeptical of it), ultimately the process set in motion by the REINS Act would impel Congress to reapportion regulatory authority based on results achieved or not achieved.
It's Time To Regulate The State Wayne Crews 2010
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The census this year means that we must reapportion, redistrict both the U.S.
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Instead, it took the opportunity to reapportion the diminished funds from scratch, to conduct a proper review which seems to have been fair and open, and has ended up supporting 695 organisations over the forthcoming spending period, of which 110 are newly funded.
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The census this year means that we must reapportion, redistrict both the U.S.
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The census this year means that we must reapportion, redistrict both the U.S.
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The census this year means that we must reapportion, redistrict both the U.S.
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But, he said the Supreme Court lifted the stay order when it ruled that the commission was acting within its authority to reapportion electoral districts.
Liberia begins Political Campaigning Tuesday for October Elections 2011
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The census this year means that we must reapportion, redistrict both the U.S.
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The census this year means that we must reapportion, redistrict both the U.S.
100001016886860 commented on the word reapportion
To give out again. You need to reapport the papers to the students.
December 6, 2010