Allotment
noun
The action of giving or assigning something to someone as a part.
The allotment of resources to various departments was done by the manager.
Often appears as...
- allotment of resources
- allotment of tasks
noun
A small portion of land rented for growing crops or plants.
She spent her weekends in her allotment growing vegetables.
Often appears as...
- garden allotment
- allotment site
noun
The action of giving or assigning something to someone as a part.
The allotment of resources to various departments was done by the manager.
Often appears as...
- allotment of resources
- allotment of tasks
noun
A small portion of land rented for growing crops or plants.
She spent her weekends in her allotment growing vegetables.
Often appears as...
- garden allotment
- allotment site
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Resource Planning
Refers to distributing resources in an organized manner, often by a person in charge.
The committee discussed the allotment of funds for the new project.
Pro Tip 2/3Equitable Sharing
Implies a fair and balanced distribution of items or tasks among people.
The teacher ensured the allotment of school supplies was equal among students.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Ownership
Means giving access or use but not transferring full ownership.
Employees received an allotment of shares, which they could sell after a year.
Pro Tip 1/3Resource Planning
Refers to distributing resources in an organized manner, often by a person in charge.
The committee discussed the allotment of funds for the new project.
Pro Tip 2/3Equitable Sharing
Implies a fair and balanced distribution of items or tasks among people.
The teacher ensured the allotment of school supplies was equal among students.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Ownership
Means giving access or use but not transferring full ownership.
Employees received an allotment of shares, which they could sell after a year.
Pro Tip 1/3Resource Planning
Refers to distributing resources in an organized manner, often by a person in charge.
The committee discussed the allotment of funds for the new project.
Pro Tip 2/3Equitable Sharing
Implies a fair and balanced distribution of items or tasks among people.
The teacher ensured the allotment of school supplies was equal among students.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Ownership
Means giving access or use but not transferring full ownership.
Employees received an allotment of shares, which they could sell after a year.
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A blueprint for...
the basis for the immense racial wealth gap that we observed today so if we start with the moment and the immediate aftermath of the civil war where the formerly enslaved were promised forty acre land allotments the minimum
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Rediscovering Glen...
constructed to serve as a holding tank for upper basin States to deliver their legal allotment of Colorado River water downstream and hold on to any excess water
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A blueprint for...
the basis for the immense racial wealth gap that we observed today so if we start with the moment and the immediate aftermath of the civil war where the formerly enslaved were promised forty acre land allotments the minimum
Video examples
Rediscovering Glen...
constructed to serve as a holding tank for upper basin States to deliver their legal allotment of Colorado River water downstream and hold on to any excess water
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Quote examples
Deborah Moggach
English Writer
My perfect day is to work incredibly well in the morning and write something wonderful, then take the dog for a walk and go for a swim in the ladies' ponds on Hampstead Heath or work in my allotment. Then I get tarted up in the evening and go out in London to dinner or the cinema.
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Annie Lowrey
American Journalist
The things to watch are whether the country's borrowing costs are rising, whether its budgetary allotment for payments on the debt is increasing, and whether it is spending on good priorities. Those big, scary debt numbers are not as big and scary as they used to be.
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Atishi
Indian Politician
MPs are members in Delhi Development Authority. They can improve land allotment in schools, colleges, hospitals. MPs head the district-wise committee on monitoring how government bodies function. So, incrementally, MPs on their own can improve the situation.
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Mary Quant
English Designer
Let me give you an idea of Fifties Britain. The war had ended ten years before, and most people had returned to their gardens and allotments hoping life would revert to how it was before the hostilities.
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Hjalmar Schacht
German Economist
Rules are to be initiated for the allotment of scarce raw materials etc; and their use and processing for other than war, or otherwise absolutely vital, goods is prohibited.
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Debra Fischer
American Scientist
Whether a star has planetary companions or not is a condition of its birth. Those with a larger initial allotment of metals have an advantage over those without.
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John Scofield
American Musician
The jazz clubs wind up having only rich tourists - the kids can't come. If they do, then they spend their entire monthly allotments on a 45-minute set.
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Keith Allen
Welsh Actor
In the summer, 80 per cent of what I eat comes from my allotment. I grow everything from beetroots and leeks to apples and plums.
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Herman Melville
American Novelist
Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.
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Deborah Moggach
English Writer
I'm mad about gardening. I have an allotment on the other side of Hampstead Heath, and I keep three hens in my garden.
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Deborah Moggach
English Writer
My perfect day is to work incredibly well in the morning and write something wonderful, then take the dog for a walk and go for a swim in the ladies' ponds on Hampstead Heath or work in my allotment. Then I get tarted up in the evening and go out in London to dinner or the cinema.
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Annie Lowrey
American Journalist
The things to watch are whether the country's borrowing costs are rising, whether its budgetary allotment for payments on the debt is increasing, and whether it is spending on good priorities. Those big, scary debt numbers are not as big and scary as they used to be.
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Atishi
Indian Politician
MPs are members in Delhi Development Authority. They can improve land allotment in schools, colleges, hospitals. MPs head the district-wise committee on monitoring how government bodies function. So, incrementally, MPs on their own can improve the situation.
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Mary Quant
English Designer
Let me give you an idea of Fifties Britain. The war had ended ten years before, and most people had returned to their gardens and allotments hoping life would revert to how it was before the hostilities.
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Hjalmar Schacht
German Economist
Rules are to be initiated for the allotment of scarce raw materials etc; and their use and processing for other than war, or otherwise absolutely vital, goods is prohibited.
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Debra Fischer
American Scientist
Whether a star has planetary companions or not is a condition of its birth. Those with a larger initial allotment of metals have an advantage over those without.
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John Scofield
American Musician
The jazz clubs wind up having only rich tourists - the kids can't come. If they do, then they spend their entire monthly allotments on a 45-minute set.
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Keith Allen
Welsh Actor
In the summer, 80 per cent of what I eat comes from my allotment. I grow everything from beetroots and leeks to apples and plums.
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Herman Melville
American Novelist
Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.
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Deborah Moggach
English Writer
I'm mad about gardening. I have an allotment on the other side of Hampstead Heath, and I keep three hens in my garden.
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