reallotment

English

Noun

reallotment (countable and uncountable, plural reallotments)

  1. The act of allotting again or anew.
    • 1999, John E. Kicza, editor, The Indian in Latin American History: Resistance, Resilience, and Acculturation, Rowman & Littlefield, OCLC 854969463:
      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.
    • 2012, Robert Geipel, Long-Term Consequences of Disasters: The Reconstruction of Friuli, Italy, in Its International Context, 1976–1988, Springer Science & Business Media, OCLC 840279181:
      Field reallotment, reorganization of titledeeds, and unifications take time.
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