Allotment 41912 224521534 2008-07-09T06:15:23Z Stlemur 152327 revert improper formatting, info for main article {{Wiktionarypar2|allotment|allot}} '''Allotment''' may refer to: * [[Allotment (gardening)]], in the [[United Kingdom]], a small area of land, let out at a nominal yearly rent by local government or independent allotment associations, for individuals to grow their own food. * [[Allotment (financial)]], a method of distributing securities to investors when an issue has been oversubscribed. * [[Sortition]], also known as allotment, is a method of selection by some form of lottery such as drawing coloured pebbles from a bag. ** In [[Athenian democracy]], allotment was the principle form of democratic choice with most magistrates and their large juries chosen this way; the Athenians considered allotment to be more democratic than elections. * [[Dawes General Allotment Act]], a United States legislation of 1887 authorizing the President to survey Native American land and divide the arable area into allotments for the individual Native American. * [[Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act]], United States legislation of 1935 allowing the government to pay farmers to reduce production * ''The Allotment'', a 1988 book by [[Colin Ward]] * A [[neighbourhood]] in a suburban area. {{disambig}}