Allotment synonyms

ə-lŏt'mənt

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quota
A proportional share, as of goods, assigned to a group or to each member of a group; an allotment.
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allowance
Allowance is defined as a specific amount of something available for use.
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lot
One's fortune in life; one's fate:
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allotting
Distribution
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portion
A part or limited quantity of anything, esp. that allotted to a person; share
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part
(US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions. syn. transl.
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apportionment
The proportional distribution of the number of members of the US House of Representatives on the basis of the population of each state.
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share (related)
(Finance) A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.
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distribution (related)
The process of marketing and supplying goods, especially to retailers.
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allocation
An allocating or being allocated
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assignment
The definition of an assignment is a task that has been given to someone.
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dole
A giving out of money or food to those in great need; relief
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ration
Food issued or available to members of a group.
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split
A thing that is formed by splitting, such as a strip of flexible wood used for making baskets.
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cut
A share or portion.
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divvy
A foolish person.
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collect (related)
A brief formal prayer that is used in various Western liturgies before the epistle and that varies with the day.
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apportioning
the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
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parceling
The act of separating into parts and distributing
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assignation
An appointment to meet, esp. one made secretly by lovers, or the meeting itself; tryst; rendezvous
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halver
A fisherman who places a net to catch fish in the retreating tide
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allotments (related)
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council-owned (related)
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open space (related)
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orchard (related)
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one-acre (related)
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measure
Limit; bounds:
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quantum
The amount or quantity observably present, or available. [from 18th c.]
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parcelling
(Nautical) One of the long, narrow slips of canvas daubed with tar and wound about a rope like a bandage, before it is served; used also in mousing on the stays, etc.
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hungerhill (related)
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Allotment Sentence Examples

  • a day, with free shelter and an allotment for private cultivation.

  • Under the Dawes Allotment Act of February 1887, and a special statute of March 1889, an agreement was made with some Indians, and about 11,000,000 acres, or about half of the reserve, was thrown open to settlement on the 10th of February 1890.

  • 4 In the allotment of the constituencies to the various tax-paying capacity was taken into consideration.

  • It was a long night, but a nice night; certainly not a night with an adequate allotment of sleep—not with the naked body of beautiful Betty from Boise beside him and a world gone topsy-turvy, and wondering lord knows what lay ahead in the towering mountains that surrounded them.

  • The powers of the old township were much more extensive than those of the present city of Boston, including as they did the determination of the residence of strangers, the allotment of land, the grant of citizenship, the fixing of wages and prices, of the conditions of lawsuits and even a voice in matters of peace and war.

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