the act of changing how much of something different people deserve or should be given; redistribution
the reapportionment of the state's seats in the House of Representatives
reapportionment in American English
(ˌriəˈpɔrʃənmənt, -ˈpour-)
noun
1.
the act of redistributing or changing the apportionment of something
2.
the redistribution of representation in a legislative body
Word origin
[1930–35; reapportion + -ment]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boondoggle, cloverleaf, hypercorrection, logical positivism, preset-ment is a suffix of nouns, often concrete, denoting an action or resulting state (abridgment; refreshment), a product (fragment), or means (ornament)