Apportioner
to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and -ssign according to some rule of proportional distribution:
to apportion expenses among the three men.
historical examples
the sun is called unelanh, the apportioner, just as our word moon means originally the measurer.
the sacred formulas of the cherokees james mooney
verb
(transitive) to divide, distribute, or -ssign appropriate shares of; allot proportionally: to apportion the blame
v.
1570s, from middle french apportionner, from old french aporcioner “apportion, share out,” from a- “to” (see ad-) + portioner “to divide into portions,” from portion “share, portion” (see portion). related: apportioned; apportioning.
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