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allottee en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /əˌlɒˈtiː/ (UK)

Etymology

From allot + -ee.

Meanings

  1. The person to whom something is allotted.
    • Sec[tion] 20 [of the General Inclosure Act] provides that trees &c, growing on allotments, shall belong to the allottees, they making compensation to the owners. 1829, Solomon Atkinson, A Practical Treatise of Conveyancing, volume 1, page 546:
    • The allotment of gardens, which yield a partial support to the allottee, are another means of cheap labour. 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, volume 2, page 335:

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Translations (1)

hi आवंटि (to whom something is allotted)