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allotment

[ uh-lot-muhnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the act of allotting.
a portion or thing allotted; a share granted.
Synonyms: ration, lot, measure
(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 /

First recorded in 1565–75; allot + -ment; compare French allotement

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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