how to pronounce allotment

/əˈlɒt.mənt/

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allotment is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of allotment in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… pause my father had an allotment yeah …”

meanings of allotment

noun:

Something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed.
The allowance of a specific amount of money or other credit of a particular thing to a particular person.
The act of allotting.
A plot of land rented from the council for growing fruit and vegetables.

allotment frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word allotment occurs in english on average 2.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics allotment can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that allotment can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;