Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• APPORTIONMENT
  
  Also known as adjustment. The division of responsibility for certain costs between the parties to a transaction, such as realty taxes. In many U.S. jurisdictions, the vendor is responsible for the day of closing and all days prior to it.
  
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