Meanings
plural reallotments
- countableuncountableThe act of allotting again or anew.
Field reallotment, reorganization of titledeeds, and unifications take time.
2012, Robert Geipel, Long-Term Consequences of Disasters: The Reconstruction of Friuli, Italy, in Its International Context, 1976–1988, Springer Science & Business Media, →OCLC1 more example
While there was continuity in family holdings, there were also periodic reallotments of agricultural land to bring its distribution into accord with the changing needs of the various constituent households.
1999, John E. Kicza, editor, The Indian in Latin American History: Resistance, Resilience, and Acculturation, Rowman & Littlefield, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results)
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