noun
a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results)
• Syn: ↑reallotment, ↑reallocation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑reallocate (for: ↑reallocation), ↑reapportion, ↑reallot (for: ↑reallotment)
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• Hypernyms:
• Hyponyms: ↑reshuffle
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\\“+\ noun : the act of reapportioning or state of being reapportioned
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/ree'euh pawr"sheuhn meuhnt, -pohr"-/, n.
1. the act of redistributing or changing the apportionment of something.
2. the redistribution of representation in a legislative body.
[1930-35; REAPPORTION + -MENT]
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Main Entry: ↑re-
Useful english dictionary. 2012.