allotment
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5.1
- noun
- /əˈlɑt.mənt/
- Formal
:
asignación
- Each family receives an allotment of food supplies to ensure everyone has enough to eat.
- land allotment
- allotment of visas
- annual allotment
And, and that's like your allotment of water.
- And, and that's like your allotment of water.
- I'm providing runners for the drawer because I needed a very specific amount of space allotment for it, and styrene was a faster solution.
Examples
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For example, Open Mind would receive an initial allotment of 830 million hits.
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On December 12th, Death Valley got its entire annual allotment of rain -- 2 inches.
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We can provide without charge an allotment of clothing for each member of the family.
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Running his model just once used up a fair chunk of a yearly allotment.
Academic text (1994) -
You are exceeding your water allotment.
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A number of parks did not distribute their full allotment of 100 questionnaires.
Academic text (1997) -
That exceeds your daily caffeine allotment.
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You have 147 seconds of hot water remaining in today's allotment.
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"To Mr. Morrissey, my driver, "I leave my automobile and an allotment of 5,000 dollars."
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"Reluctantly, they accepted the fact that water allotments would be decreased slightly."
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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1.6
A part of money, food or property given to someone
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3.8
A fixed official limit on how much of something is allowed
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1.7
A regular amount of money given for personal or work expenses
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6.4
Money set aside by a government or group for a particular use
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4.3
An amount of something given for a particular use
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7.7
A share of something given to a person or group
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word allotment comes from lot, an old word for a 'share' or 'portion', so an allotment is the amount or share officially given to someone.