allotment
(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.
British. a plot of land rented to a gardener.
Origin of allotment
1Other words for allotment
Other words from allotment
- mis·al·lot·ment, noun
- non·al·lot·ment, noun
- pro·al·lot·ment, adjective
- re·al·lot·ment, noun
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How to use allotment in a sentence
Everyone in the program would leave with some allowance, a tax-free monthly allotment.
Send Bin Laden the Bill: Dakota Meyer on His Return From Afghanistan | Dakota Meyer | September 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTLike deprived animals, they are determined to consume the lifetime allotment of sugar they have been denied; all before pickup.
There was a vacant allotment on the other side of the Bank, and I took a short cut across this to the Royal.
Over the Sliprails | Henry LawsonThe goal is not any kind of division of income or allotment of property.
The New Society | Walther RathenauMost Forests cut a very small part of their annual allotment, but a few Forests cut their full annual yield, or nearly so.
Our National Forests | Richard H. Douai Boerker
Suppose the allotment gardens consisted of twelve acres, then let one-fourth, or three acres, be properly manured every year.
The Hills and the Vale | Richard JefferiesSuppose the society commence with supplying additional allotment-grounds.
The Hills and the Vale | Richard Jefferies
British Dictionary definitions for allotment
/ (əˈlɒtmənt) /
the act of allotting; apportionment
a portion or amount allotted
British a small piece of usually public land rented by an individual for cultivation
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