repartimiento

English

Etymology

From Spanish repartir (“to divide”).

Noun

repartimiento (plural repartimientos)

1. (historical) A partition or distribution, especially of slaves.
   • 1831, Washington Irving, Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus, John Murray, pages 283–284:

     He could not withstand these sneers, but resigned his appointment, and remained in the island as a private individual; establishing himself in a village where he had a large repartimiento or allotment of Indians assigned to him by a grant from the king.

2. (historical) An assessment of taxes.

Spanish

Noun

repartimiento m (plural repartimientos)

1. division
2. sharing out

Further reading

• “repartimiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014