Allotment

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  • noun. The act of allotting.
  • noun. Something allotted.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • 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. The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person.
  • noun. an allotment of a small portion of land to a country laborer for garden cultivation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • 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. The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person.
  • noun. A plot of land rented from the council for growing fruit and vegetables.
  • 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
  • Word Usage
    "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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