13 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
noun the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
originEtymology tree English apportion Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English apportionment From apportion + -ment.
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