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BNC: 9948 COCA: 14275

allotment

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
allotment ˈlɑːtmənt/ noun
plural allotments
allotment
ˈlɑːtmənt/
noun
plural allotments
Learner's definition of ALLOTMENT
[count] : an amount of something given to someone to use or have配给物;分配量;份额
[noncount] : the act of allotting something分配
[count] British : a small area of land that a person can rent to use as a garden(可以租用的)小块土地
BNC: 9948 COCA: 14275

allotment

noun

al·​lot·​ment ə-ˈlät-mənt How to pronounce allotment (audio)
1
: the act of allotting something : apportionment
The allotment of a full page in the newspaper to each candidate is fair.
2
: something that is allotted
an allotment of time
especially, chiefly British : a plot of land let to an individual for cultivation

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web After the agricultural sector, municipal customers used the most water—500,000 acre-feet of CAP water in 2020, or 18% of the allotment. Carl Churchill, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022 The school plans to offer its families the option to use that allotment as reimbursement for private school classes starting next school year. Lisa Phu, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2022 Not having that maximum allotment means families would have to readjust. Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Mar. 2022 In Kentucky, two-thirds of its vaccine allotment will to go to residents and workers in long-term care centers while one-third will go to people working in hospital COVID-19 units. USA Today, 8 Dec. 2020 In December, the government announced that 20,000 seasonal guest worker visas would be added to the allotment of 33,000 for the winter to assist employers in landscaping, construction and hospitality, areas that are desperately in need of workers. The New York Times, Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2022 In December, the government announced that 20,000 seasonal guest worker visas would be added to the allotment of 33,000 for the winter to assist employers in landscaping, construction and hospitality, desperately in need of workers. New York Times, 5 Feb. 2022 Generally, benefits in the food stamp program (officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP) are need-based and driven by inputs like income and household size up to a certain maximum allotment. Tommy Tobin, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021 The doses are in addition to the state’s weekly dosage allotment. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Anglo-French alotement, from aloter "to allot" + -ment -ment

First Known Use

circa 1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of allotment was circa 1530
BNC: 9948 COCA: 14275

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