allotment
noun
al·lot·ment ə-ˈlät-mənt 
1
: the act of allotting something : apportionment
The allotment of a full page in the newspaper to each candidate is fair.
2
: something that is allotted
an allotment of time
especially, chiefly British : a plot of land let to an individual for cultivation
Synonyms
- allocation
- annuity
- appropriation
- entitlement
- grant
- subsidy
- subvention
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Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web After the agricultural sector, municipal customers used the most water—500,000 acre-feet of CAP water in 2020, or 18% of the allotment. 
Carl Churchill, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022 The school plans to offer its families the option to use that allotment as reimbursement for private school classes starting next school year. Lisa Phu, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2022 Not having that maximum allotment means families would have to readjust. Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Mar. 2022 In Kentucky, two-thirds of its vaccine allotment will to go to residents and workers in long-term care centers while one-third will go to people working in hospital COVID-19 units. USA Today, 8 Dec. 2020 In December, the government announced that 20,000 seasonal guest worker visas would be added to the allotment of 33,000 for the winter to assist employers in landscaping, construction and hospitality, areas that are desperately in need of workers. The New York Times, Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2022 In December, the government announced that 20,000 seasonal guest worker visas would be added to the allotment of 33,000 for the winter to assist employers in landscaping, construction and hospitality, desperately in need of workers. New York Times, 5 Feb. 2022 Generally, benefits in the food stamp program (officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP) are need-based and driven by inputs like income and household size up to a certain maximum allotment. Tommy Tobin, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021 The doses are in addition to the state’s weekly dosage allotment. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2021 See More
Carl Churchill, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022 The school plans to offer its families the option to use that allotment as reimbursement for private school classes starting next school year. Lisa Phu, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2022 Not having that maximum allotment means families would have to readjust. Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Mar. 2022 In Kentucky, two-thirds of its vaccine allotment will to go to residents and workers in long-term care centers while one-third will go to people working in hospital COVID-19 units. USA Today, 8 Dec. 2020 In December, the government announced that 20,000 seasonal guest worker visas would be added to the allotment of 33,000 for the winter to assist employers in landscaping, construction and hospitality, areas that are desperately in need of workers. The New York Times, Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2022 In December, the government announced that 20,000 seasonal guest worker visas would be added to the allotment of 33,000 for the winter to assist employers in landscaping, construction and hospitality, desperately in need of workers. New York Times, 5 Feb. 2022 Generally, benefits in the food stamp program (officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP) are need-based and driven by inputs like income and household size up to a certain maximum allotment. Tommy Tobin, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021 The doses are in addition to the state’s weekly dosage allotment. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Anglo-French alotement, from aloter "to allot" + -ment -ment
First Known Use
circa 1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
allotment
noun
al·lot·ment ə-ˈlät-mənt
1
: the act of giving out as a share or portion
Her allotment of five minutes for a turn was fair.
2
: an amount of something that is given out as a share or portion
You get a large allotment of crayons.
allotments
noun
1
as in subsidies
a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action the library budget was reduced, while allotments for city officials' travel expenses were increased Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- subsidies
- grants
- allocations
- funds
- appropriations
- entitlements
- annuities
- allowances
- subventions
- endowments
- assistances
- set-asides
- block grants
- stipends
- benefits
- grants-in-aid
- bequests
- state aids
- legacies
- aids
- trust funds
- foreign aids
- advances
- reliefs
- trusts
2
as in portions
something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group every kindergartner received colored paper, scissors, and an allotment of paste to make paper chains Synonyms & Similar Words
- portions
- shares
- parts
- quotas
- allowances
- proportions
- percentages
- pieces
- slices
- cuts
- rations
- takes
- pieces of the action
- ends
- commissions
- sections
- members
- lots
- segments
- partitions
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- compounds
- totals
- sums
- pools
- aggregates
- composites
- totalities
- wholes
3
as in allocations
the act or process of giving out something to each member of a group the allotment of exhibition space at the annual trade show is always fraught with politics and infighting Synonyms & Similar Words
- allocations
- distributions
- apportionments
- dispensations
- issuances
- disbursements
- redistributions
- divisions
- reallocations
- admeasurements
- reapportionments
- repartitions
- partitions
- redivisions
- separations