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Apportion

To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various employments.

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Allot 76% connected

To distribute by lot.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assign 76% connected

To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

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Distribute 76% connected

To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.

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Portion 76% connected

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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Manner of action 4

Award 76% connected

To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrator…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Present 76% connected

Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

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Ration 76% connected

A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence.

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Reapportion 76% connected

To apportion again.

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Allocation 74% connected

The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Allocation 74% connected

The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement.

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Entails 3

Divide 72% connected

To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

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Part 72% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Separate 72% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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Allocate 92% connected

To distribute or assign; to allot.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Deal 92% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Share 92% connected

The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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