Word Finder - allotment

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The act of allotting.

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Something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed

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The allowance of a specific amount of money or other credit of a particular thing to a particular person.

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A plot of land rented from the council for growing fruit and vegetables.

Of course she would have a weekly allotment.

The Council attempted to establish a general government over its entire domain, but the scheme of some of its members for supporting such a government with contributions from each member in return for an allotment of land was a failure, and although Robert Gorges, the second son of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, was sent over as governor-general in 1623, he accomplished nothing and returned in the next year in disgust.

One quarter of them have received allotments of only 2.9 acres per male, and one-half less than 8.5 to 11.4 acres - the normal size of the allotment necessary to the subsistence of a family under the three-fields system being estimated at 28 to 42 acres.

He entered into an agreement with C. Marius, and in order to gain the favour of his soldiers proposed that each of his veterans should receive an allotment of Ioo jugera of land in Africa.

Soon afterwards there was assigned to him and his friend Renteria a large village in the neighbourhood of Zagua, with a number of Indians attached to it in what was known as repartimiento (allotment); like the rest of his countrymen he made the most of this opportunity for growing rich, but occasionally celebrated mass and preached.

In 1639, in the epistle to the reader of his most noticeable book historically, his Triall of our Church-Forsakers, he tells us, "I have lived now, by God's gratious dispensation, above fifty years, and in the place of my allotment two and twenty full."

It was a long night, but a nice night; certainly not a night with an adequate allotment of sleep—not with the naked body of beautiful Betty from Boise beside him and a world gone topsy-turvy, and wondering lord knows what lay ahead in the towering mountains that surrounded them.

The average allotment in Kherson is only 0.90 acre, and for allotments from 2.9 to 5.8 acres the peasants pay 5 to 10 roubles of redemption tax.

The powers of the old township were much more extensive than those of the present city of Boston, including as they did the determination of the residence of strangers, the allotment of land, the grant of citizenship, the fixing of wages and prices, of the conditions of lawsuits and even a voice in matters of peace and war.

Under the Dawes Allotment Act of February 1887, and a special statute of March 1889, an agreement was made with some Indians, and about 11,000,000 acres, or about half of the reserve, was thrown open to settlement on the 10th of February 1890.

Married with two children, Andrew has lived in Whetstone for 19 years and has an organic allotment at Whetstone Stray.

A female allotment gardener has won best allotment gardener has won best allotment plot competition for the third year running.

If at any point you begin to gain weight again, you drop back to the preceding allotment and stay there.

In 1635, when the Dutch were hemming in its domain on the west and the French on the north, the Council made a final allotment of its remaining territory among its members and surrendered its charter.

In Chester we have acquired an allotment with raised beds and wheelchair access.

This is an intergenerational project, where older people work with local young offenders teaching them gardening skills on a nearby allotment.

An old allotment site is now covered in regenerated scrub.

This is accomplished by increasing the daily carb allotment by 10g, and then staying at the new level for five to seven days to allow your body to stabilize.

You keep increasing the carb allotment until it is equal to your protein allotment.

For extremely active people, the carb allotment may exceed the protein allotment, but never by more than 30 percent.

The chief feature of the allotment was, however, the formal overthrow of the fiction that Austria is preponderatingly a German country and not a country preponderatingly Slav with a German dynasty and a German façade.

The amount of the allotment is debited before the rest of the pay is deposited into the active duty member's checking or savings account.

Setting up an allotment involves getting account information from USAA and then taking this information to a military finance representative.

Local gardening clubs or allotment groups can be a great place to start if you are seeking help and advice.

You can add additional minutes to your monthly allotment, which can decrease your per unit rate.

You will be eating quite a few salads, and will need to count out your daily allotment of almonds.

If not, then a slight increase to the daily carbohydrate allotment may be in order.

While the calorie allotment for each individual differs, daily intake ranges between 1,200 and 2,300 calories.

Each member on the flex plan was given a point allotment upon enrollment and a consultation with a program leader followed.

Because of their high fat and calorie content, fast foods tended to use up the bulk of the day's point allotment.

An allotment of daily Points was given based on factors such as age, height, weight, and activity level.

Eades put their emphasis on fruit, vegetables, fish and lean meats, their philosophy is that a carb is a carb, so as long as dieters don't go over the per carb allotment for each meal, they will lose weight.

The oil allotment can also be met by eating salmon (up to three times per week), or by eating avocados, natural peanut butter, or a handful of nuts.

To plan your calories evenly over the course of a day, simply break up your daily allotment into three 400-calorie meals and two 100-calorie snacks.

That translates into one six-ounce steak, chicken breast or fish fillet equals your daily allotment.

Receive assigned Points Plus daily and weekly allotment based on the above information.

Be sure to check the top of the page, where you can choose from Letter Carrier & MVS, Window Service, Work Clothes, and Non Allotment.

The redemption was not calculated on the value of the allotments of land, but was considered as a compensation for the loss of the compulsory labour of the serfs; so that throughout Russia, with the exception of a few provinces in the S.E., it was - and still remains, notwithstanding a very great increase in the value of land - much higher than the market value of the allotment.

The condition of the poor demanded special attention; labour should receive adequate remuneration; and he thought favourably of the " allotment of cottage grounds."

The chief feature of the allotment was, however, the formal overthrow of the fiction that Austria is preponderatingly a German country and not a country preponderatingly Slav with a German dynasty and a German façade.

This and other anomalies will doubtless be corrected in future revisions of the allotment, although the German parties, foreseeing that any revision must work out to their disadvantage, stipulated that a two-thirds majority should be necessary for any alteration of the law.

So small an allotment on the Thessaly front can only be explained on the assumption that the Turks supposed the Greeks to be at the same level of efficiency as in 1897.

Under the Allotment Acts district councils were empowered to provide allotments for the labouring population of their district, if they were satisfied that there was a demand for allot- Allot- ments, that these could not be obtained at a reasonable meats.

When a change of residence became necessary to enable the peasant to take up the new allotment, the state advanced £6 to each family to defray expenses.

Partly, Plato said, it comes by nature and " divine allotment, " but for its adequate development " custom and practice " are required.

It was a long night, but a nice night; certainly not a night with an adequate allotment of sleep—not with the naked body of beautiful Betty from Boise beside him and a world gone topsy-turvy, and wondering lord knows what lay ahead in the towering mountains that surrounded them.

The cost of renting an allotment depends on its size, ranging from £ 20 to £ 45 per year.

Main non-academic interests are digging the allotment and running marathons.

Have recently taken over a derelict allotment in the local vicinity to be run organically.

In fact, turning up on an urban allotment with a firearm could get you shot.