allotment
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a share set aside for a specific purpose
Types & categories
- share hypernym
- reallocation hyponym
- quota hyponym
Related & opposite
- allocate derivation
Sense 2 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
Types & categories
- distribution hypernym
- grant hyponym
- reallotment hyponym
- deal hyponym
- rationing hyponym
- parcel hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | allocate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | share |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reallocation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | quota |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | portion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | allocate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispense |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | parcel |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | distribution |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | grant |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reallotment |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | deal |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rationing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | parcel |