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allotment

[uh-lot-muhnt]

noun

  1. the act of allotting.

  2. a portion or thing allotted; a share granted.

    Synonyms: , ,
  3. (in U.S. military use) the portion of pay that an officer or enlisted person authorizes to be paid directly to another person, as a dependent, or an institution, as an insurance company.

  4. British.a plot of land rented to a gardener.



allotment

/ əˈɒٳəԳ /

noun

  1. the act of allotting; apportionment

  2. a portion or amount allotted

  3. a small piece of usually public land rented by an individual for cultivation

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • misallotment noun
  • nonallotment noun
  • proallotment adjective
  • reallotment noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of allotment1

First recorded in 1565–75; allot + -ment; compare French allotement
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Victoria's decomposed body was found in a shopping bag in an allotment shed in Brighton in March 2023.

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Victoria's decomposing body was found in a shopping bag in a shed in a Brighton allotment in March 2023.

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The funding allotment for EMD — with an operating budget of about $4.5 million — puts the department short of similar big cities in California and beyond.

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Their daughter's decomposed body was found in a shopping bag in a Brighton allotment shed in March 2023, two months after they went on the run.

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Marten, 37, and Gordon, 50, deny manslaughter by gross negligence of their newborn baby Victoria, whose decomposed body was found in a shopping bag in a shed on a Brighton allotment in March 2023.

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