Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of allotting.
- noun Something allotted.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of allotting; distribution as by lot.
- noun That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot or by the act of God.
- noun A place or piece of ground appropriated by lot or assignment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of allotting; assignment.
- noun That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of God; anything set apart for a special use or to a distinct party.
- noun (law) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person.
- noun [Eng.] an allotment of a small portion of land to a country laborer for garden cultivation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
allotting ; assignment. - noun That which is
allotted ; ashare ,part , orportion granted ordistributed ; that which isassigned by lot, or by the act of God; anything set apart for a special use or to a distinct party. - noun law The allowance of a specific amount of
scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person. - noun UK A
plot of land rented from thecouncil for growingfruit andvegetables .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
- noun a share set aside for a specific purpose
Etymologies
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Examples
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In their classic book The Allotment, David Crouch and Colin Ward point out that the very term contains a political position: "the word 'allotment' implies deference and allocation, qualities that indicate a relationship between the powerful and the powerless".
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However the official conformation over the land allotment is awaited.
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However the official conformation over the land allotment is awaited.
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Instead of vouchers, why not a regime in which the school in the Bronx and the one in Beverly Hills each receives an equal per student (adjusted for special needs students) allotment from the federal government?
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And if you're driving, your duty-free allotment is less than if by air.
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The duty-free allotment is per capita, not per stirpes.
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For the current year, the allotment is over $20 millions.
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While specifics on how much in cuts would be included in the first, short-term allotment is unknown, Boehner is demanding that the size of the cuts meet or exceed the size of any debt limit increase.
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So they'll likely wind up kicking it down the road again with another short-term allotment.
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What they call the allotment of Providence is, often enough, the allotment of their own laziness or defective energy.
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 Thomas De Quincey 1822
oroboros commented on the word allotment
Cf. allocation
September 26, 2010