allotment
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Allotment Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary |
Allotment
The number of securities assigned to each of the participants in an underwriting syndicate .
The number of securities assigned to each of the participants in an underwriting syndicate .
Allotment Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
| DOD Dictionary of Military Terms |
allotment
The temporary change of assignment of tactical air forces between subordinate commands. The authority to allot is vested in the commander having combatant command (command authority). See also combatant command (command authority).
The temporary change of assignment of tactical air forces between subordinate commands. The authority to allot is vested in the commander having combatant command (command authority). See also combatant command (command authority).
Allotment Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Allotment
(n.)
The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person.
(n.)
The act of allotting; assignment.
(n.)
That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of God; anything set apart for a special use or to a distinct party.
(n.)
The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person.
(n.)
The act of allotting; assignment.
(n.)
That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of God; anything set apart for a special use or to a distinct party.
| WordNet 2.0 |
allotment
Noun
1. a share set aside for a specific purpose
(synonym) allocation
(hypernym) share, portion, part, percentage
(hyponym) reallocation
2. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"
(synonym) apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
(hypernym) distribution
(hyponym) grant, subsidization, subsidisation
(derivation) distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
Noun
1. a share set aside for a specific purpose
(synonym) allocation
(hypernym) share, portion, part, percentage
(hyponym) reallocation
2. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"
(synonym) apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
(hypernym) distribution
(hyponym) grant, subsidization, subsidisation
(derivation) distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
| hEnglish - advanced version |
allotment
allotment
\al*lot"ment\ (&?;), n. [cf. of. alotement, f. allotement.]
1. the act of allotting; assignment.
2. that which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of god; anything set apart for a special use or to a distinct party. the alloments of god and nature. a vineyard and an allotment for olives and herbs.
3. (law) the allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person.
similar words(1)
cottage allotment
allotment
\al*lot"ment\ (&?;), n. [cf. of. alotement, f. allotement.]
1. the act of allotting; assignment.
2. that which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of god; anything set apart for a special use or to a distinct party. the alloments of god and nature. a vineyard and an allotment for olives and herbs.
3. (law) the allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person.
similar words(1)
cottage allotment
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allotment
Portion
Portion
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Argyfran
Argyfran = n. an allotment
Argyfran = n. an allotment
Allotment Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Telecommunication Standard Terms |
allotment (of a radio frequency or radio frequency channel)
Entry of a designated frequency channel in an agreed plan, adopted by a component Conference, for use by one or more administrations for a (terrestrial or space) radiocommunication service in one or more identified countries or geographical areas and under specified conditions. [NTIA ]
Entry of a designated frequency channel in an agreed plan, adopted by a component Conference, for use by one or more administrations for a (terrestrial or space) radiocommunication service in one or more identified countries or geographical areas and under specified conditions. [NTIA ]
Allotment Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
| maritime&shipping&trade |
Allotment
A share of the capacity of a means of transport assigned to a certain party, e.g. a carrier or an agent, for the purpose of the booking of cargo for a specific voyage.
A share of the capacity of a means of transport assigned to a certain party, e.g. a carrier or an agent, for the purpose of the booking of cargo for a specific voyage.
Allotment Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Allotment
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 Indian tribal land and divide the arable area into allotments for the individual Indian.
- 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
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