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allotment

[ uh-lot-muhnt ]

noun

  1. the act of allotting.
  2. a portion or thing allotted; a share granted.

    Synonyms: , ,

  3. (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.
  4. British. a plot of land rented to a gardener.


allotment

/ əˈɒٳəԳ /

noun

  1. the act of allotting; apportionment
  2. a portion or amount allotted
  3. a small piece of usually public land rented by an individual for cultivation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • a·dzmԳ noun
  • ԴDza·dzmԳ noun
  • a·dzmԳ adjective
  • a·dzmԳ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of allotment1

First recorded in 1565–75; allot + -ment; compare French allotement
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The couple's baby Victoria, their fifth child, was found dead in a shed on a Brighton allotment, in a shopping bag covered in rubbish in March 2023.

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Jim Lycett, who joined the British Army at 15, said gardening added "another theme" to his life and he was often at the Royal Hospital's allotments.

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The baby's decomposing body was found in a plastic bag in a shed on a Brighton allotment almost two months later.

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The trial and guilty verdicts will have brought back painful memories for Mr Kohli's friends, who laid flowers after his death at the allotment he loved to spend time at.

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But he did not play a heavy allotment of minutes until the second half of the season, possibly accelerating his departure.

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