repartimiento
noun
re·par·ti·mi·en·to
rə̇ˌpärtəmēˈen‧(ˌ)tō,
ˌrāˌpärtəmˈyen‧-
plural -s
: a grant or distribution formerly made to Spanish colonists or establishments in America
especially : a grant of forced labor (as for use in agriculture, in mining, or in construction) imposed on indigenous inhabitants compare encomienda
Word History
Etymology
American Spanish, from Spanish, distribution, from repartir to distribute (from re- —from L—+ partir to divide, from Latin partire, partiri) + -miento -ment (from Latin -mentum)
- intrafascicular
- intraformational
- intragalactic
- intragenerational
- intragenic
- intraglacial
- intragovernmental
- intragranular
- intrail
- intraimperial
- intraindustrial
- intraisland
- intrait
- intramarginal
- intramatrical
- intramatrically
- intramental
- intramercurial
- intramercurian
- intramicellar
- intramicellarly
- intramolecular
- intramolecular respiration
- intramolecular salt
- intramolecularly