different between allotment vs award
allotment
English
Etymology
From Old French alotement (modern French allotement).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??l?t.m?nt/
Noun
allotment (countable and uncountable, plural allotments)
- The act of allotting.
- 2007, Ruth Chambers, Kay Mohanna, David Wall, How to Succeed as a Leader
- You will achieve more in designated sessions of quiet uninterrupted periods than in a longer allotment of time broken up by various activities.
- 1873, Henry Sumner Maine, The early history of the property of married women
- The allotment of particular names to special ideas which gradually disengage themselves from a general idea is apparently determined by accident.
- 2007, Ruth Chambers, Kay Mohanna, David Wall, How to Succeed as a Leader
- Something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed
- 1906, Thomas William Shore, Origin of the Anglo-Saxon Race Chapter 9
- Similar customs prevailed in a part of Friesland, the most notable of which was the ‘Jus Theelacticum,’ or custom of the Theel lands, doles, or allottable lands in East Friesland, not far from the mouth of the Ems. There an inherited allotment was indivisible; on the death of the father it passed intact to the youngest son, and on his death without issue it fell into the possession of the whole community
- 1906, Thomas William Shore, Origin of the Anglo-Saxon Race Chapter 9
- (law) The allowance of a specific amount of money or other credit of a particular thing to a particular person.
- 2013, Maxine Holsinger, The Life of Maxine Holsinger
- Maynard used to help before he got sick, but there was no income except what I brought in my allotment.
- 2013, Maxine Holsinger, The Life of Maxine Holsinger
- (Britain) A plot of land rented from the council for growing fruit and vegetables.
- 2015, Cathy Bramley, Ivy Lane
- The fallout of this unexpected turn of events was that it was Saturday morning, the first day of the Easter holidays, before the thought of my allotment even entered my head. Goodness only knew how big my carrots were going to be by the time I got round there!
- 2015, Cathy Bramley, Ivy Lane
Translations
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award
English
Etymology
From Middle English awarden, from Anglo-Norman awarder, from Medieval Latin *exwardare, from Latin ex (“out”) + Medieval Latin wardare, guardare (“to observe, regard, guard”); see ward, guard, regard.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??w??d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??w??d/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
Noun
award (plural awards)
- (law) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
- (law) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
- A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
- (Australia, NZ, industrial relations) A negotiated minimum wage that is set for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.
Derived terms
- Academy Award
- award ceremony
- book award
- Darwin Award
Translations
Verb
award (third-person singular simple present awards, present participle awarding, simple past and past participle awarded)
- (transitive, law) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge
- the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant
- To review / The wrongful sentence, and award a new.
- (intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award.
- (transitive) To give (an award).
- Synonym: bestow
- Four or five of these medals are awarded every year.
- (transitive) To give (a person) an award.
- He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Synonyms
- (make or grant an award): crown
Derived terms
- awardable
- awardee
- awarder
- awarding
- awardment
- reaward
Translations
Further reading
- award in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- award in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Warda, adraw
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