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allotment
[ uh-lot-muhnt ]
noun
- the act of allotting.
- a portion or thing allotted; a share granted.
Synonyms: , ,
- (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.
allotment
/ əˈɒٳəԳ /
noun
- the act of allotting; apportionment
- a portion or amount allotted
- a small piece of usually public land rented by an individual for cultivation
Other Word Forms
- a·dzmԳ noun
- ԴDza·dzmԳ noun
- a·dzmԳ adjective
- a·dzmԳ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of allotment1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
The baby's decomposing body was found in a plastic bag in a shed on a Brighton allotment almost two months later.
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.
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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