"allotment" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈlɔt.mɛnt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-allotment.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-allotment.wav Forms: allotments [plural]
Etymology: From Old French alotement (modern French allotement). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|alotement}} Old French alotement, {{cog|fr|allotement}} French allotement Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} allotment (countable and uncountable, plural allotments)
  1. The act of allotting. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of allotting): jakaminen (Finnish), jako (Finnish), kiutalás (Hungarian), kiosztás (Hungarian), beosztás (Hungarian), felosztás (Hungarian), kijelölés (Hungarian), alocação [feminine] (Portuguese), designação [feminine] (Portuguese), asignación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-allotment-en-noun-4fY~ZQ5c Disambiguation of 'the act of allotting': 86 6 1 8
  2. Something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed): lot [neuter] (Dutch), perceel [neuter] (Dutch), osuus (Finnish), sorte [feminine] (Galician), partilla [feminine] (Galician), quiñón [masculine] (Galician), Anteil (German), juttatás (Hungarian), osztályrész (Hungarian), rész (Hungarian), pīhi (Maori), parte [feminine] (Portuguese), parcela [feminine] (Portuguese), reparto [masculine] (Spanish), asignación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-allotment-en-noun-ScOK4tPo Disambiguation of 'something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed': 3 90 2 5
  3. (law) The allowance of a specific amount of money or other credit of a particular thing to a particular person. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (law: the allowance of a specific amount of money or other credit of a particular thing to a particular person): betoelaging [feminine] (Dutch), juttatás (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-allotment-en-noun-d3kBXmH0 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'law: the allowance of a specific amount of money or other credit of a particular thing to a particular person': 1 3 93 2
  4. (British) A plot of land rented from the council for growing fruit and vegetables. Tags: British, countable, uncountable Translations (plot of land): kolonihave [common-gender] (Danish), volkstuin [masculine] (Dutch), viljelypalsta (Finnish), siirtolapuutarha (note: with the right to build a small cabin for summer use) (Finnish), jardin ouvrier [masculine] (French), horta [feminine] (Galician), Schrebergarten [masculine] (German), Kleingarten [masculine] (German), parcella (note: for any purpose) (Hungarian), földdarab (Hungarian), veteményes (note: for vegetables etc.) (Hungarian), veteményeskert (Hungarian), kiskert (Hungarian), hobbikert (Hungarian), arpa (Ingrian), garraí scóir [masculine] (Irish), pīhi (Maori), rauwaka (Maori), działka [feminine] (Polish), horta [feminine] (Portuguese), huerto [masculine] (Spanish), huerto urbano [masculine] (Spanish), parcela de cultivo [feminine] (Spanish), hobi bahçesi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-allotment-en-noun-q-6hRt8j Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 24 9 44 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 25 7 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 24 8 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 24 3 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 20 20 7 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 25 24 10 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 21 9 48 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 23 11 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 21 21 9 48 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 23 10 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 16 22 25 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 24 23 9 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 21 21 9 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 24 23 9 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 21 21 9 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 22 22 10 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 18 18 24 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 25 23 7 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 21 21 9 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 21 21 9 48 Disambiguation of 'plot of land': 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: allotmenteer, misallotment, nonallotment, overallotment, underallotment

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The history attached to it could not but recur to Emily as she passed, and her heart sank within her—not with fear, but at the thought, how much of misery there was in the world; and why should she be spared amid such general allotment?",
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      "word": "allotmenteer"
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          "ref": "2007, Ruth Chambers, Kay Mohanna, David Wall, How to Succeed as a Leader:",
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          "text": "The history attached to it could not but recur to Emily as she passed, and her heart sank within her—not with fear, but at the thought, how much of misery there was in the world; and why should she be spared amid such general allotment?",
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          "text": "Similar customs prevailed in a part of Friesland, the most notable of which was the ‘Jus Theelacticum,’ or custom of the Theel lands, doles, or allottable lands in East Friesland, not far from the mouth of the Ems. There an inherited allotment was indivisible; on the death of the father it passed intact to the youngest son, and on his death without issue it fell into the possession of the whole community",
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          "ref": "1984 April 7, Warren Blumenfeld, “Boston's Other Voice”, in Gay Community News, page 8:",
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      "sense": "the act of allotting",
      "word": "jakaminen"
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      "sense": "the act of allotting",
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      "sense": "the act of allotting",
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      "sense": "the act of allotting",
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      "sense": "the act of allotting",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "the act of allotting",
      "word": "felosztás"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the act of allotting",
      "word": "kijelölés"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the act of allotting",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "alocação"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "the act of allotting",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "designação"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act of allotting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "asignación"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "lot"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "perceel"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed",
      "word": "osuus"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sorte"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "partilla"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "quiñón"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed",
      "word": "Anteil"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed",
      "word": "juttatás"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed",
      "word": "osztályrész"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed",
      "word": "rész"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed",
      "word": "pīhi"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "parte"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "parcela"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "reparto"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed",
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      "word": "asignación"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "law: the allowance of a specific amount of money or other credit of a particular thing to a particular person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "betoelaging"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "law: the allowance of a specific amount of money or other credit of a particular thing to a particular person",
      "word": "juttatás"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "plot of land",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kolonihave"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "plot of land",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "volkstuin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "plot of land",
      "word": "viljelypalsta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "with the right to build a small cabin for summer use",
      "sense": "plot of land",
      "word": "siirtolapuutarha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "plot of land",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "jardin ouvrier"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "plot of land",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "horta"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plot of land",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schrebergarten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plot of land",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kleingarten"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "for any purpose",
      "sense": "plot of land",
      "word": "parcella"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "plot of land",
      "word": "földdarab"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "for vegetables etc.",
      "sense": "plot of land",
      "word": "veteményes"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "plot of land",
      "word": "veteményeskert"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "plot of land",
      "word": "kiskert"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "plot of land",
      "word": "hobbikert"
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    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "plot of land",
      "word": "arpa"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "plot of land",
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      "word": "garraí scóir"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "plot of land",
      "word": "pīhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "plot of land",
      "word": "rauwaka"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "plot of land",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "działka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "plot of land",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "horta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "plot of land",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "huerto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "plot of land",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "huerto urbano"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "plot of land",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "parcela de cultivo"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "plot of land",
      "word": "hobi bahçesi"
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