allotment

Definition

The act of allotting.

Etymology

From Old French alotement (modern French allotement). By surface analysis, allot + -ment.

Example Sentences

• "You will achieve more in designated sessions of quiet uninterrupted periods than in a longer allotment of time broken up by various activities."
• "The allotment of particular names to special ideas which gradually disengage themselves from a general idea is apparently determined by accident."
• "The history attached to it could not but recur to Emily as she passed, and her heart sank within her—not with fear, but at the thought, how much of misery there was in the world; and why should she be spared amid such general allotment?"