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Definition of Allotment
1. Noun. A share set aside for a specific purpose.
Generic synonyms: Part, Percentage, Portion, Share
Specialized synonyms: Reallocation, Quota
Derivative terms: Allocate
2. Noun. 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"
Specialized synonyms: Grant, Subsidisation, Subsidization, Reallocation, Reallotment, Reapportionment, Deal, Rationing, Parcel, Portion, Share
Generic synonyms: Distribution
Derivative terms: Allocate, Allot, Apportion, Assign, Parcel, Parcel
Definition of Allotment
1. n. The act of allotting; assignment.
Definition of Allotment
1. Noun. The act of allotting; assignment. ¹
2. Noun. 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. ¹
3. Noun. (legal) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person. ¹
4. Noun. (British) A plot of land rented from the council for growing fruit and vegetables. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Allotment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Allotment
Literary usage of Allotment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature by William Johnson (1864)
"2 and 4, in the sixth allotment, and admit that their father, George Klock ...
1 and 2 of the first allotment, lots No. 1 and 8 of the second allotment, No. ..."
2. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"It has been held that the applicant is bound on notice of the allotment being
mailed to him.23 And the sugestión made is that the contract created is ..."
3. Index of Economic Material in the Documents of the States of the United by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse, Carnegie Institution of Washington. Dept. of Economics and Sociology (1912)
"Receipts and disbursements of military allotment fund. ... Stmt. of allotment
money remitted by Ohio regiments per hands of state pay agts. under provisions ..."
4. Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States: Advising by United States Attorney-General (1869)
"allotment CHECKS The United States is legally bound to pay the allotment checks
or drafts issued by army paymasters under the act of December 24, 1861, ..."
5. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1915)
"The Didache (15) contains no reference to the method of electing bishops and
deacons. which lie actually got none (Ac 7s), the allotment, and all its ..."
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