allotment

US/əˈlɔt.mɛnt/

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Other forms: allotments

An allotment is a small rented plot where people grow vegetables. Take on an allotment, the allotment waiting list, down at the allotment.

British councils are legally obliged to provide them where enough people ask, a duty going back to laws passed to give the landless somewhere to grow food. The waiting lists in cities now run to years. The word also means a share allotted to somebody.

Definitions of allotment

1nounallotmentA small rented plot where people grow vegetables.C2
“He grows potatoes, beans and onions on his allotment.”

allotment is a plot.

Remember it

alLOTment → the LOT of ground you were given

A lot of ground given to you to grow food on, with a fence round it.

hooks ontolot

Where it comes from

Old French alotement comes from aloter, to divide by lot, from lot, a share.

Old French
alotement
English, today
allotment

From Old French alotement (modern French allotement). by surface analysis, en + allot + ment.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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allotment in the wild

Before private property could be dispensed, the government had to determine which Indians were eligible for allotments, which propelled an official search for a federal definition of "Indian-ness".
Dawes Act
The Dawes Commission was established in 1893 as a delegation to register members of tribes for allotment of lands.
Dawes Act
Originally, the allotment system was the name for a system used to pay servants of the state, like officers and clergy.
Allotment system
After allotment, a subscriber becomes a shareholder, though usually that also requires formal entry in a share registry.
Issued shares
Provinces, independent cities, component cities, municipalities, and barangays each get a separate allotment.
Internal Revenue Allotment

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