allotmentnoun
uk/əˈlɒt.mənt/us/əˈlɑːt.mənt/allotment noun (GROUND)
[ C ] UK a small piece of ground in or just outside a town that a person rents for growing vegetables, fruits, or flowers
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Gardens & yards
- arboretum
- backyard
- barnyard
- boatyard
- cloister
- cloistered
- compound
- court
- courtyard
- farmyard
- forecourt
- formal
- formally
- garden
- ground
- junkyard
- precinct
- quad
- roof garden
- yard
allotment noun (SHARE)
[ U or C ] the process of sharing something, or the amount that you get:
The allotment of the company's shares to its employees is still to be decided.
We have used up this year's allotment of funds.
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Sharing
- allocate
- allot
- apportion
- cake
- carpool
- divide/split (sth) down the middle idiom
- divvy
- divvy sth up
- double
- double up
- Dutch
- go Dutch idiom
- half
- joint
- middle
- redistribute
- share and share alike idiom
- share-out
- shareable
- shared
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