Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One to whom something is allotted.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One to whom something is allotted, as a plot of ground, shares of stock, or the like.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One to whom anything is allotted; one to whom an allotment is made.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The person to whom an allotment is allotted.

Etymologies

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From allot + -ee.

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Examples

  • Let the allottee then hold his lot upon the conditions which we have mentioned.

    Laws 2006

  • Atoka Agreement, embodied in the Curtis Act of June 28, 1898, providing tax-exemption for allotted lands while title in original allottee, not exceeding 21 years.

    The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 Edward Samuel Corwin 1920

  • Therefore it is required that allotment shall be made by equality of value as near as possible, taking into consideration the fertility of the soil, location and all other elements of value, so that when completed each allottee will have his equal share in value without regard to the number of acres.

    "The Indian Territory." 1900

  • The act further constituted any allottee or civilized Indian a citizen of the United

    History of the United States, Volume 5 (of 6) Elisha Benjamin Andrews 1880

  • It does not seem to me that the interests of an Indian occupant or allottee are properly regarded when he is obliged, if dissatisfied with an award for the taking of his land, to go to the district court of Kansas for redress, at the risk of incurring costs and expenses that may not only exceed the award originally made to him, but leave him in debt.

    A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland 1872

  • The parcel in the 22,000-acre Western Washington reservation had been left behind by their grandmother, a tribal member who went by the white name of Katrina Jim and had been an allottee in a land agreement signed by the federal government in 1904 - back when the reservation had about 450 people.

    The Seattle Times 2012

  • "The petitioner, being the widow of the deceased allottee, has to run from pillar to post for getting possession of the kiosk that was allotted by the DDA about 25 years ago but till date she has not been able to get its possession," the court said.

    The Hindu - Home 2010

  • Maintenance charges/Deposits shall be payable by the allottee separately as follows: - a. The one time Interest Free Maintenance Deposit @ Rs. 600.00 per sq.yd. shall be payable before handing over possession of the premises to the allottee.

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

  • The transfer would be allowed only after 30% of the payment has been received from the allottee (subject to change, as per the company policy).

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

  • Borrowing of money by an allottee is not prohibited under the bid document.

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

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