allotment
noun
1 allotment
A share set aside for a specific purpose.
synonym: allocation.
Dutch: moestuin
2 allotment
The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan.
synonyms: allocation, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling.
Roget 60:
arrangement;
plan
etc.
626;
preparation
etc.
673;
disposal,
disposition;
collocation,
allocation;
distribution;
sorting
etc.
v.;
assortment,
allotment,
apportionment,
taxis,
taxonomy,
syntaxis†,
graduation,
organization;
grouping;
tabulation.
analysis,
classification,
clustering,
division,
digestion.
[Result of arrangement]
digest;
synopsis
etc.
(compendium)
596;
syntagma [Gramm.],
table,
atlas;
file,
database;
register.
etc.
(record)
551;
organism,
architecture.
[Instrument for sorting]
sieve,
riddle,
screen,
sorter.
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Roget 786:
apportionment,
allotment,
consignment,
assignment,
appointment;
appropriation;
dispensation,
distribution;
division,
deal;
repartition,
partition;
administration.
dividend,
portion,
contingent,
share,
allotment,
fair share,
allocation,
lot,
measure,
dose;
dole,
meed,
pittance;
quantum,
ration;
ratio,
proportion,
quota,
modicum,
mess,
allowance;
suerte†.
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Dutch: verdeling, perceel, lot, rendez-vous, toebedeling, allocatie, toekenning, toewijzing
Polish: asygnacja
Moby thesaurus: C ration, K ration, aid, alimony, allocation, allowance, annuity, appointment, apportionment, appropriation, arrangement, array, arraying, assignment, assistance, big end, bigger half, bit, bite, board, bounty, budget, chunk, collation, collocation, commission, commons, constitution, contingent, cut, deal, depletion allowance, deployment, destiny, disposal, disposition, distribution, dividend, dole, earmarking, emergency rations, end, equal share, fate, fellowship, field rations, financial assistance, form, formation, formulation, grant, grant-in-aid, guaranteed annual income, half, halver, help, helping, interest, kitchen garden, lot, market garden, marshaling, meals, measure, meed, mess, modicum, moiety, old-age insurance, order, ordering, part, patch, pecuniary aid, pension, percentage, piece, placement, plot, portion, price support, proportion, public assistance, public welfare, quantum, quota, rake-off, ration, rations, regimentation, relief, retirement benefits, scholarship, segment, setting aside, share, short commons, slice, small share, stake, stipend, stock, structuring, subsidization, subsidy, subvention, support, syntax, tagging, tax benefit, tract, truck garden, tucker, welfare, welfare aid, welfare payments ... show more.
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