apportionment
21Apportionment Bill — The Apportionment Bill is an act passed by the Congress of the United States after each decennial census to determine the number of members which each state shall send to the United States House of Representatives. The number of the members of… …
22Apportionment Act — The Apportionment Act was a proposed United States federal law that would have fixed the size of the United States House of Representatives based on the United States Census of 1790. The bill was vetoed by President George Washington on 5 April… …
23apportionment (air) — The determination and assignment of the total expected effort by percentage and/or by priority that should be devoted to the various air operations for a given period of time. Also called air apportionment. See also apportionment …
24apportionment schemes — A simplified method of calculating VAT liability on retail sales, based on the proportions of purchases which are liable to different rates of VAT. The apportionment schemes are intended for retail traders that may find it difficult to account… …
25apportionment of direct taxes — The requirement in reference to federal taxes under paragraph 4 of section 9 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States; apportionment according to the census …
26apportionment of local assessment — The legislative act of determining the mode of distributing the burden of an assessment for a local improvement, designating the property out of which the tax Is to be made, and establishing some certain standard of assessments. When not… …
27apportionment statutes — Statutes providing in effect that the amount of an estate tax, state or federal, shall be paid out of the state before its distribution and shall be equitably prorated among the persons interested in the estate to whom benefit accrues, except as… …
28apportionment — noun Date: 1579 an act or result of apportioning; especially the apportioning of representatives or taxes among the states according to United States law …
29apportionment — /euh pawr sheuhn meuhnt, euh pohr /, n. 1. the act of apportioning. 2. the determination of the number of members of the U.S. House of Representatives according to the proportion of the population of each state to the total population of the U.S …
30apportionment — noun a) The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned b) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states …
