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Definition of allotment
1 : the act of allotting something : apportionment The allotment of a full page in the newspaper to each candidate is fair.
2 : something that is allotted
an allotment of time especially, chiefly British : a plot of land let to an individual for cultivation
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The first known use of allotment was circa 1530
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