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allotment
[ uh-lot-muhnt ]
noun
- the act of allotting.
- a portion or thing allotted; a share granted.
- (in U.S. military use) the portion of pay that an officer or enlisted person authorizes to be paid directly to another person, as a dependent, or an institution, as an insurance company.
- British. a plot of land rented to a gardener.
allotment
/ əˈlɒtmənt /
noun
- the act of allotting; apportionment
- a portion or amount allotted
- a small piece of usually public land rented by an individual for cultivation
Other Words From
- misal·lotment noun
- nonal·lotment noun
- proal·lotment adjective
- real·lotment noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of allotment1
Example Sentences
Everyone in the program would leave with some allowance, a tax-free monthly allotment.
Like deprived animals, they are determined to consume the lifetime allotment of sugar they have been denied; all before pickup.
There was a vacant allotment on the other side of the Bank, and I took a short cut across this to the Royal.
The goal is not any kind of division of income or allotment of property.
Most Forests cut a very small part of their annual allotment, but a few Forests cut their full annual yield, or nearly so.
Suppose the allotment gardens consisted of twelve acres, then let one-fourth, or three acres, be properly manured every year.
Suppose the society commence with supplying additional allotment-grounds.
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