(v1,vt) to allot
to distribute
to lay out
to divide among
to assign
(n) buying in installments
buying in instalments
(n) selling in installments
selling in instalments
(n) installment plan
instalment plan
(n) Japanese inn priding itself on its cuisine
Japanese-style restaurant with an attached inn
(n) Japanese cooking
(n) stock split
(v1,vi) to dry out and crack
(n) cutting straight down
cleaving (a person) in two
(n) on or at a per capita basis
(n) (comp) equal space
(n) canal
waterway
ditch
(n,vs) rivalry of local warlords
a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field
(n) nutcracker
nutcrackers
(n) partitioned into squares
(exp) to confess
to speak out
(suf) considering he (she) is ... year's old
(n) below the break-even point
(suf) considering he (she) is ... year's old
(exp) for one's age
(v5r,vt) to cut open
to cut apart
to divide
to split
(n) the "thirty-percent autonomy" of local governments
(n) breaking bricks, etc. (martial arts)
(n) prearranged quota
(n) timetable
schedule
(P)
(n) discounting of a bill
(n) vertically segmented administrative system
overcompartmentalized bureaucracy
system in which interministerial rivalry diminishes overall efficiency
(bureaucratic) sectionalism
interministerial rivalry
bureaucratic fiefdoms
(n) background
backdrop
setting
(n) female genital cutting
female genital mutilation
female circumcision
(n) watermelon splitting (game)