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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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ration
English
Etymology
From French ration. Doublet of reason and ratio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æ??n/, enPR: r?sh??n
Noun
ration (plural rations)
- A portion of some limited resource allocated to a person or group.
- The corn ration was drastically reduced, and it was announced that an extra potato ration would be issued to make up for it.
Translations
Verb
ration (third-person singular simple present rations, present participle rationing, simple past and past participle rationed)
- (transitive) To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.
- We rationed ourselves to three sips of water a day until we were rescued.
- (transitive) To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.
- By the third day on the raft, we had to ration our water.
- (transitive) To restrict (an activity etc.)
- Our present health care system is rationed only to those who can afford it because of unnecessary high cost, lack of insurance coverage by 47 million people, and exorbitant prescription prices.
Derived terms
- deration
Synonyms
- Hooverize
Translations
Anagrams
- Natori, Nortia, Torain, Torian, Triano, Troian, aroint
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rati?nem (accusative of rati?). Compare the inherited raison.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a.sj??/
Noun
ration f (plural rations)
- ration
Further reading
- “ration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- trônai
Interlingua
Noun
ration (plural rationes)
- ratio, proportion
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