Allotment

(noun.) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; 'the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state'.

(noun.) a share set aside for a specific purpose.

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• The perpetual allotment and destination of this fund, indeed, is not always guarded by any positive law, by any trust-right or deed of mortmain. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• My brother, Harry Pinner, is promoter, and joins the board after allotment as managing director. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• I suspect it would conduce to the happiness and welfare of all if each knew his allotment, and held to it as tenaciously as the martyr to his creed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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