Hypertext Webster Gateway: "allotment"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Allotment \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.]

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

allotment
n 1: a share set aside for a specific purpose [syn: {allocation}]
2: 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" [syn: {apportionment},
{apportioning}, {allocation}, {parceling}, {parcelling}]


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