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reapportion 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
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/ˌrēəˈpôrSHən/,
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reapportioned, past participle; reapportions, 3rd person singular present; reapportioning, present participle; reapportioned, past tense;
  1. Assign or distribute (something) again or in a different way

  1. allocate, distribute, or apportion anew; "Congressional seats are reapportioned on the basis of census data"
  2. (Reapportionment) Apportionment is the process of allocating political power among a set of principles (or defined constituencies). ...
  3. (Reapportionment) Reallocation of a fixed number of seats in a governmental body among established political units. Following each decennial census, the seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are reapportioned among the states. ...
  4. (Reapportionment) the redistricting of the state for election purposes. (See also "Apportionment".)
  5. (Reapportionment) The redrawing of legislative district lines following a census. The Constitution requires federal House of Representative districts to be redrawn following each decennial census with the aim of ensuring equitable representation based on shifts of population.
  6. (Reapportionment) A constitutionally mandated re-allocation of Congressional seats amongst the states. Allocation is based on population.
  7. (Reapportionment) A process carried out once a decade after each U.S. census to divide the number of state senators and representatives among the state's population so that each legislator represents about the same number of constituents. ...
  8. (Reapportionment) Term used to describe the process of determining the boundaries for the senatorial and representative districts from which state legislators are to be elected.
  9. (reapportionment) The process of redrawing legislative districts so that each one contains approximately the same number of citizens. This normally occurs once each 10 years, following completion and tallying of the federal census. ...
  10. (reapportionment) states with slow growth or a population decrease can lose representatives, while states with strong population growth can gain seats
  11. In family law, the division of family assets unequally, so as to favour one spouse over the other. See "Apportion" and "Family Assets."
  12. Redistribution of the premium, late, and interest amounts specified for a case payment.