Allotment

Quick meaning: Allotment is a noun meaning The act of allotting.

Meaning

The act of allotting.

More Meanings

1. Something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed
2. (law) The allowance of a specific amount of money or other credit of a particular thing to a particular person.
3. (British) A plot of land rented from the council for growing fruit and vegetables.

Example Sentences

Maynard used to help before he got sick, but there was no income except what I brought in my allotment.

Though most interviews are aired in ten-minute segments, very often they are longer than that specific time allotment.

You will achieve more in designated sessions of quiet uninterrupted periods than in a longer allotment of time broken up by various activities.

The allotment of particular names to special ideas which gradually disengage themselves from a general idea is apparently determined by accident.

Word Forms

• allotments

Synonyms for allotment

Depending on context, synonyms include allocation, apportionment, parceling, apportioning, parcelling.

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