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What is the noun for allotting?

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allotment
  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.
  3. (law) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person.
  4. (Britain) A plot of land rented from the council for growing fruit and vegetables.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “His meagre allotment of gas had to be saved for emergencies.”
      “The threat of delisting was related at the time to the fact that this allotment of shares had been made.”
      “The order authorizes the Bureau of Mines to carry on these statistical functions by means of an allotment of funds from the Solid Fuels Administrator.”
allottee
  1. The person to whom an allotment is allotted.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The first condition in the agreement stipulated that an allottee should be a tenant of the site for 10 years.”
      “Let the allottee then hold his lot upon the conditions which we have mentioned.”
      “Upon the death of one leader another was elected, so upon the death of the allottee of a piece of land it reverted to the state.”
allotmenteer
  1. (Britain, informal) a person who grows crops in an allotment
allotmenteering
  1. (Britain, informal) The growing of crops in an allotment.
allottery
  1. (obsolete) Allotment
allotter
  1. One who allots.
allotmenteers
  1. plural of allotmenteer
allotments
  1. plural of allotment
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Other skills, such as cultivating onions, giant leeks, melons, carnations, fuchsias and roses for competition, are honed on allotments.”
      “Dosages can range from minimal allotments to toxic amounts with a variety of outcomes.”
      “If these suggestions are implemented, even in phases, as financial allotments would allow, taking a bus will no longer be a dismissible option.”
allotteries
  1. plural of allottery
allottees
  1. plural of allottee
allotters
  1. plural of allotter
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