allotment

English

Etymology

FromOld Frenchalotement(modernFrenchallotement).

Pronunciation

(US)IPA^(key):/əˈlɔt.mɛnt/
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Noun

allotment(countableanduncountable,pluralallotments)

The act ofallotting.
- 2007,Ruth Chambers, Kay Mohanna, David Wall,How to Succeed as a Leader:
  You will achieve more in designated sessions of quiet uninterrupted periods than in a longerallotmentof time broken up by various activities.
- 1873,Henry Sumner Maine,The early history of the property of married women‎^[1]:
  Theallotmentof particular names to special ideas which gradually disengage themselves from a general idea is apparently determined by accident.
Somethingallotted;ashare,part,orportiongrantedordistributed
- 1831,L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, inRomance and Reality.[…],volume II, London:Henry ColburnandRichard Bentley,[…],→OCLC,page13:
  The history attached to it could not but recur to Emily as she passed, and her heart sank within her—not with fear, but at the thought, how much of misery there was in the world; and why should she be spared amid such generalallotment?
- 1906,Thomas William Shore, chapter 9, inOrigin of the Anglo-Saxon Race‎^[2]:
  Similar customs prevailed in a part of Friesland, the most notable of which was the ‘Jus Theelacticum,’ or custom of the Theel lands, doles, or allottable lands in East Friesland, not far from the mouth of the Ems. There an inheritedallotmentwas indivisible; on the death of the father it passed intact to the youngest son, and on his death without issue it fell into the possession of the whole community
- 1984April 7, Warren Blumenfeld, “Boston's Other Voice”, inGay Community News,page 8:
  Though most interviews are aired in ten-minute segments, very often they are longer than that specific timeallotment.
(law)The allowance of a specific amount ofmoneyor other credit of a particular thing to a particular person.
- 2013,Maxine Holsinger,The Life of Maxine Holsinger:
  Maynard used to help before he got sick, but there was no income except what I brought in myallotment.
(British)Aplotof land rented from thecouncilfor growingfruitandvegetables.
- 2015,Cathy Bramley,Ivy Lane:
  The fallout of this unexpected turn of events was that it was Saturday morning, the first day of the Easter holidays, before the thought of myallotmenteven entered my head. Goodness only knew how big my carrots were going to be by the time I got round there!

Derived terms

Translations

the act of allotting

Finnish:jakaminen(fi),jako(fi)
Hungarian:kiutalás(hu),kiosztás(hu),beosztás(hu),felosztás(hu),kijelölés(hu)
Portuguese:alocação(pt)f,designação(pt)f
Spanish:asignación(es)f

something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed

Dutch:lot(nl)n,perceel(nl)n
Finnish:osuus(fi)
Galician:sortef,partilla(gl)f,quiñón(gl)m
German:Anteil(de)
Hungarian:juttatás(hu),osztályrész(hu),rész(hu)
Maori:pīhi
Portuguese:parte(pt)f,parcela(pt)f
Spanish:reparto(es)m,asignación(es)f

law: the allowance of a specific amount of money or other credit of a particular thing to a particular person

Dutch:betoelaging(nl)f
Hungarian:juttatás(hu)

plot of land

Danish:kolonihavec
Dutch:volkstuin(nl)m
Finnish:viljelypalsta;siirtolapuutarha(fi)(with the right to build a small cabin for summer use)
French:jardin ouvrier(fr)m
Galician:horta(gl)f
German:Schrebergarten(de)m;Kleingarten(de)m
Hungarian:(for any purpose)parcella(hu),földdarab(hu),(for vegetables etc.)veteményes(hu),veteményeskert(hu),kiskert(hu),hobbikert
Ingrian:arpa
Irish:garraí scóirm
Maori:pīhi,rauwaka
Polish:działka(pl)f
Portuguese:horta(pt)f
Spanish:huerto(es)m,huerto urbanom,parcela de cultivof
Turkish:hobi bahçesi

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Japanese:^{(pleaseverify)}Cắt り đương て(ja)(wariate),^{(pleaseverify)}Chia sẻ(ja)(buntan)
Ukrainian:^{(pleaseverify)}асигнування(uk)(asyhnuvannja)