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	Allotment may refer to: Allotment (gardening) Allotment (gardening) Allotment gardens are characterised by a concentration in one place of a few or up to several hundreds of land parcels that are assigned to individual families.... , in the United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe.... , a small area of land, let out at a nominal yearly rent by local government or independent allotment associations, for individuals to grow their own food. Allotment (financial), a method of distributing securities to investors when an issue has been oversubscribed. Sortition Sortition Sortition, also known as allotment, is an equal-chance method of selection by some form of lottery such as drawing coloured pebbles from a bag.... , also known as allotment, is a method of selection by some form of lottery such as drawing coloured pebbles from a bag. In Athenian democracy Athenian democracy Athenian democracy developed in the Ancient Greece city-state of Classical Athens, comprising the central city-state of Athens and the surrounding territory of Attica, around 500 BC.... , allotment was the principle form of democratic choice with most magistrates and their large juries chosen this way; the Athenians considered allotment to be more democratic than elections. Dawes General Allotment Act, a United States legislation of 1887 authorizing the President to survey Native American land and divide the arable area into allotments for the individual Native American. Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act is a United States federal law that allowed the government to pay farmers to reduce production so as to "conserve soil", prevent erosion, and accomplish other minor goals.... , United States legislation of 1935 allowing the government to pay farmers to reduce production The Allotment, a 1988 book by Colin Ward Colin Ward Colin Ward was an editor of the United Kingdom anarchist newspaper Freedom newspaper from 1947 to 1960, and the founder and editor of the monthly libertarian journal Anarchy Magazine from 1961 to 1970.... A neighbourhood Neighbourhood A neighbourhood or neighborhood is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town or suburb. Neighbourhoods are often social communities with considerable face-to-face interaction among members.... in a suburban area.