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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Allotment \Al*lot"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. alotement, F. allotement.]
1. The act of allotting; assignment.
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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.
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The alloments of God and nature. --L'Estrange.
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A vineyard and an allotment for olives and herbs.
--Broome.
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3. (law) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a
particular thing to a particular person.
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{Cottage allotment}, an allotment of a small portion of land
to a country laborer for garden cultivation. [Eng.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
allotment
n 1: a share set aside for a specific purpose [syn: {allocation}]
2: the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning;
distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of
seats in the House of Representatives is based on the
relative population of each state" [syn: {apportionment},
{apportioning}, {allocation}, {parceling}, {parcelling},
{assignation}]
From English-German Freedict dictionary [fd-eng-deu]:
allotment [əlɔtmənt]
Anteil; Zuteilung; Zuweisung
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