allotment (əˈlɒtmənt
)
Definitions
noun
- the act of allotting; apportionment
- a portion or amount allotted
- British a small piece of usually public land rented by an individual for cultivation
Synonyms
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assignment,
share,
measure,
grant,
allowance,
portion,
quota,
lot,
ration,
allocation,
stint,
appropriation,
stipend,
apportionment,
Usage examples
It was Granddad, busy hoeing a row of beans on the allotment.
, The Third Class Genie (1975)In 1995, the Court of Appeal allowed a burglar, Mark Revill, to recover damages from the owner of an allotment shed, William Newbery.
Spiked (2003)The allotment must be 300sq m, which did not call for special consent.
The Advertiser, Sunday Mail (2004)Ted Newbery, 90, blasted Mark Revill, then 28, with a shotgun on his allotment in Ilkeston, Derbys.
Sun, News of the World (2002)Tim Vigors shot down an Me 109 on 9 September and was then shot down himself and crash-landed, unhurt, in an allotment plot in Dartford.
, FIGHTER BOYS: Saving Britain 1940 (2003)