Dictionary Definition
allot
Verb
3 administer or bestow, as in small portions;
"administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some
money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to
someone" [syn: distribute, administer, mete out,
deal, parcel out,
lot, dispense, shell out,
deal
out, dish out,
dole
out] [also: allotting, allotted]allotted adj : given
as a task; "her allotted chores"allotted See allot
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allottedExtensive Definition
Allotment may refer to:
- Allotment (gardening), in the United Kingdom, a small area of land, let out at a nominal yearly rent by local government or independent allotment associations, for individuals to grow their own food
- Allotment (financial), a method of distributing securities to investors when an issue has been oversubscribed.
- Sortition, also
known as allotment, is a method of selection by some form of
lottery such as drawing coloured pebbles from a bag.
- In Athenian democracy, allotment was the principle form of democratic choice with most magistrates and their large juries chosen this way; the Athenians considered allotment to be more democratic than elections.
- Dawes General Allotment Act, a United States legislation of 1887 authorizing the President to survey Native American land and divide the arable area into allotments for the individual Native American.
- Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, United States legislation of 1935 allowing the government to pay farmers to reduce production
- The Allotment, a 1988 book by Colin Ward
- A neighbourhood in a suburban area.