Allotment vs Segregation - What's the difference?
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The act of allotting; assignment.
That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of God; anything set apart for a special use or to a distinct party.
(legal) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person.
(British) A plot of land rented from the council for growing fruit and vegetables.
The setting apart or separation of things or people, as a natural process, a manner of organizing people that may be voluntary or enforced by law.
(rfc-sense) (biology) The Mendelian Law of Segregation related to genetic transmission or geographical segregation of various species.
(mineralogy) Separation]] from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the [[crystallize, crystallizing process.
(politics, public policy) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into racial or other categories (e.g. religion, sex).
(sociology) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into various categories which occurs due to social forces (culture, etc).