🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

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Pronunciation / Transliteration: at-ree-byoo-syon

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Allotment/əˈlɒt.mənt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"L'attribution des fonds a été approuvée par le comité."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act of distributing or assigning something.

    "The allotment of funds for the project was approved by the committee."
  2. 2

    A plot of land assigned to an individual for cultivation or gardening.

    "She spends her weekends tending to her allotment in the community garden."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'allotment' originates from the Middle English term 'alotement', derived from the Old French 'alotement', which in turn comes from the verb 'alotter', meaning to assign or distribute. The term has evolved to encompass various meanings related to the distribution of land or resources since the late 14th century.

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