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allotment [əˈlɒtmənt] n 1. the act of allotting; apportionment 2. a portion or amount allotted 3. Brit a small piece of usually public land rented by an individual for cultivation 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). ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
allotment noun 1. plot, patch, tract, kitchen garden He was just back from a hard morning's toil on his allotment. 2. assignment, share, measure, grant, allowance, portion, quota, lot, ration, allocation, stint, appropriation, stipend, apportionment His meagre allotment of gas had to be saved for emergencies. Translations allotment [əˈlɒtmənt] N 1. (= distribution) → reparto m, distribución f 2. (= quota) → asignación f, cuota f 3. (Brit) (= land) → parcela f allotment [əˈlɒtmənt] n (= share) → part f (= plot of land) → jardin m ouvrier all-out [ˌɔːlˈaʊt] adj [attack, assault, offensive] → général(e); [effort] → total(e) all-out strike → grève f générale all-out war → guerre f totale all out adv to go all out (physically) → y aller à fond to go all out for to do sth → se donner à fond pour faire qch to go all out for sth → se donner à fond pour qch allotment n (= allocation) → Zuteilung f, → Zuweisung f; (of time) → Vorsehen nt; (of money) → Bestimmung f; (= amount of money allotted) → Zuwendung f (Brit: = plot of ground) → Schrebergarten m allotment [əˈlɒtmənt] n (Brit) (land) → piccolo lotto di terreno (dato in affitto per coltivazioni ad uso familiare); (share) → spartizione f How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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he ought also to consider whether his allotment of the houses will be useful to the community, for he appoints two houses to each person, separate from each other; but it is inconvenient for a person to inhabit two houses. For six months she saved her egg-money, which was hers by right of allotment, and on his birthday presented him with a turning-lathe of wonderful simplicity and multifarious efficiencies. So the baby was carried in a small deal box, under an ancient woman's shawl, to the churchyard that night, and buried by lantern-light, at the cost of a shilling and a pint of beer to the sexton, in that shabby corner of God's allotment where He lets the nettles grow, and where all unbaptized infants, notorious drunkards, suicides, and others of the conjecturally damned are laid. |
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