basis of apportionment

  • 1basis of apportionment — The basis used for the apportionment of costs between a number of cost centres when the costs are to be shared between them equitably. This occurs when an overhead cannot be directly assigned to one particular cost centre. For example, rent and… …

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  • 2apportionment — cost apportionment Charging a proportion of a cost to a cost centre or cost unit because the cost centres or cost units are not directly incurring those costs although they share in incurring them. A basis of apportionment is always required. See …

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  • 3apportionment — I noun administration, allocation, allotment, allowance, assignment, assignment in proportion, consignment, disposition, distribution, division, division in proportion, doling out, issuance, just division, measuring out, meting out, partition,… …

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  • 4Apportionment (politics) — Part of the Politics series Elections Allotment (sortition) …

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  • 5apportionment — /aporshanmant/ The process by which legislative seats are distributed among units entitled to representation. Determination of the number of representatives which a State, county, or other subdivision may send to a legislative body. he U.S.… …

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  • 6apportionment — /aporshanmant/ The process by which legislative seats are distributed among units entitled to representation. Determination of the number of representatives which a State, county, or other subdivision may send to a legislative body. he U.S.… …

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  • 7legislative apportionment — or legislative delimitation Process by which representation is distributed among the constituencies of a representative assembly. In ancient Athens, every citizen represented himself, but throughout most of history representation has been… …

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  • 8equitable apportionment — The process of sharing common costs between cost centres in a fair manner, using a basis of apportionment that reflects the way in which the costs are incurred by the cost centres …

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  • 9equitable apportionment — The process of sharing common costs between cost centres in a fair manner, using a basis of apportionment that reflects the way in which the costs are incurred by the cost centres …

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  • 10Niche apportionment models — Mechanistic models for niche apportionment are biological models used to explain relative species abundance distributions. These models describe how species break up resource pool in multi dimensional space, determining the distribution of… …

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