Word: apportionments
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: app
or
tion
ments
Definition: Plural of apportionment; the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
Morphemes:
Affix: apportion
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ad
Language: la
Decoded: ad
PoS: Preposition
Meaning: for, to, toward
Affix: portio
Language: la
Decoded: portio
PoS: Noun
Meaning: relation, proportion
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.