单词 | allotter |
释义 | allottern. A person who allots or apportions something. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > assigning or allotting > one who assigns or allots carver1578 proportioner1590 allotter1591 assigner1667 apportioner1884 allocator1885 1591 R. Greene Farewell to Folly sig. H2v Are the destinies..so inequall allotters of mishappe; that some they blesse with daily fauours, and others they crosse with continuall hard fortunes? 1635 in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1818) 7 136 None shall sell their houses or allotments..,but with the consent and allowance of those that are appointed Allotters. 1683 H. Dodwell Disc. conc. One Altar & One Priesthood vi. 120 The God of those Gods, the distributer and allotter of all those Provinces to those several Genii. 1742 R. Challoner Mem. Missionary Priests II. 303 He would by no Means be an Allotter of his own Death, or be any way guilty of it; but would leave it to his Lordship's Discretion. 1763 Act 3 Geo. III c. 13 The said Commissioners, Surveyors, Valuers and Allotters, shall set apart, and leave open and unappropriated one Acre of the said Commons and Waste Grounds. 1850 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles (ed. 3) xxxiii. 471 He claims to be the allotter of the several portions of his servants. 1890 Executive Doc. House of Representatives 1889–90 269 There have been 269 allotments made this year. That includes all the applications for land while the allotter was here. I think this will encourage the Indians very much. 1959 Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) 74 792/2 Each allottee is liable to remain within the limits set by the allotter. 1999 Independent (Nexis) 19 July (Sport section) 12 The Jockey Club's senior handicapper, or allotter of weights to racehorses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1591 |
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