About The Word Allotment
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Allotment
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What's The Definition Of Allotment?
[n] the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"
[n] a share set aside for a specific purpose Synonyms | Synonyms for Allotment: allocation | allocation | apportioning | apportionment | assignation | parceling | parcelling Related Terms | Find terms related to Allotment: aid | alimony | allocation | allowance | annuity | appointment | apportionment | appropriation | arrangement | array | arraying | assignment | assistance | big end | bigger half | bit | bite | board | bounty | budget | C ration | chunk | collation | collocation | commission | commons | constitution | contingent | cut | deal | depletion allowance | deployment | destiny | disposal | disposition | distribution | dividend | dole | earmarking | emergency rations | end | equal share | fate | fellowship | field rations | financial assistance | form | formation | formulation | grant | grant-in-aid | guaranteed annual income | half | halver | help | helping | interest | K ration | kitchen garden | lot | market garden | marshaling | meals | measure | meed | mess | modicum | moiety | old-age insurance | order | ordering | part | patch | pecuniary aid | pension | percentage | piece | placement | plot | portion | price support | proportion | public assistance | public welfare | quantum | quota | rake-off | ration | rations | regimentation | relief | retirement benefits | scholarship | segment | setting aside | share | short commons | slice | small share | stake | stipend | stock | structuring | subsidization | subsidy | subvention | support | syntax | tagging | tax benefit | tract | truck garden | tucker | welfare | welfare aid | welfare payments See Also | deal | distribution | grant | parcel | part | percentage | portion | portion | quota | rationing | reallocation | reallocation | reallotment | reapportionment | share | share | subsidisation | subsidization Allotment In Webster's Dictionary \Al*lot"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. alotement, F. allotement.]
1. The act of allotting; assignment.
2. 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.
The alloments of God and nature. --L'Estrange.
A vineyard and an allotment for olives and herbs.
--Broome.
3. (law) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a
particular thing to a particular person.
{Cottage allotment}, an allotment of a small portion of land
to a country laborer for garden cultivation. [Eng.]
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