reapportionment
English edit
Etymology edit
c. 1930 reapportion + -ment
Noun edit
reapportionment (countable and uncountable, plural reapportionments)
- The act of reapportioning; a second or subsequent apportionment.
- (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.
See also edit
- redistricting