allotment
pronunciation
How to pronounce allotment in British English:
UK [əˈlɒtmənt]
How to pronounce allotment in American English:
US [əˈlɑtmənt]
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- Noun:
- a share set aside for a specific purpose
- the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
Word Origin
- allotment (n.)
- 1570s, "action of allotting," from Middle French allotement, from Old French aloter (see allot). Or else a native formation from allot + -ment. Meaning "portion assigned to someone or some purpose" is from 1670s.
Example
- 1. Among the fifty states new york 's per-capita allotment was forty-eighth .
- 2. And do not neglect the levites living in your towns , for they have no allotment or inheritance of their own .
- 3. In this case , however , the allotment of bandwidth between the two endpoints is fixed .
- 4. In a flow-switching network , the allotment of bandwidth would change constantly .
- 5. These things are harder to do in practice than in theory . Past purchases of government and private debt have already drawn accusations of political pandering and distorting the allotment of credit .