apportionable

Thân thiện

The committee found the costs to be apportionable among the departments.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Capable of being distributed or allocated: Describes something that can be divided and assigned among a group or used for different purposes.

Usage and Examples

• Adjective:
  • The remaining funds are apportionable among the various departments.
  • The judge ruled that the estate was apportionable between the two heirs.

Advanced Usage

• Legal/Formal Context: Often used in legal, administrative, or financial contexts to describe resources, costs, or responsibilities that can be formally divided.
  • The liability was deemed apportionable, so each party paid according to their share of fault.

Variants and Related Words

• Apportion (verb): To divide and assign proportionally.
  • The manager will apportion the tasks based on skill.
• Apportionment (noun): The act or result of apportioning.
  • The apportionment of seats in parliament is based on population.

Synonyms

• Allocatable: Capable of being allotted.
• Distributable: Suitable for being shared out.
• Divisible: Capable of being divided.

Antonyms

• Non-apportionable: Not capable of being distributed.
• Indivisible: Incapable of being divided or separated.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. capable of being distributed

Từ đồng nghĩa

• allocable
• allocatable