reapportionment

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

c. 1930 reapportion +‎ -ment

Noun[edit]

reapportionment (countable and uncountable, plural reapportionments)

  1. The act of reapportioning; a second or subsequent apportionment.
  2. (US, politics) Reassignment of representation in a legislature, especially of U.S. House of Representative seats, in accord with changes in the census population determination.

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