allotment

[ uh-lot-muhnt ]

noun

1. the act of allotting.
2. a portion or thing allotted; a share granted.

   Synonyms: ration, lot, measure

3. (in U.S. military use) the portion of pay that an officer or enlisted person authorizes to be paid directly to another person, as a dependent, or an institution, as an insurance company.
4. British. a plot of land rented to a gardener.

allotment

/ əˈlɒtmənt /

noun

1. the act of allotting; apportionment
2. a portion or amount allotted
3. a small piece of usually public land rented by an individual for cultivation

Other Words From

• misal·lotment noun
• nonal·lotment noun
• proal·lotment adjective
• real·lotment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of allotment¹

First recorded in 1565–75; allot + -ment; compare French allotement

Example Sentences

Child-care workers will be part of a separate vaccine allotment, with 100 doses a week targeted first to those who care for children with special needs and then those who tend to infants and toddlers.

From Washington Post

Given efforts by Aung San Suu Kyi’s ruling government to curb the political power of the military, especially its fixed allotment of seats in parliament, the Tatmadaw acted preemptively today.

From Time

The only time Texas ordered less than its full allotment was during the week of Christmas, when Moderna doses were first shipped to the states, said Chris Van Deusen, a spokesman for the Texas Department of State Health Services.

From Washington Post

Nesbitt said the city might have enough information about its next allotment from the federal government to open more appointments as soon as Thursday.

From Washington Post

One of the first treaties ratified by the commission in the 1940s governed water allotments from major source rivers like the Colorado River and Rio Grande, but it stopped short on the Tijuana River, instead indicating that issue should be studied.

From Voice of San Diego

Everyone in the program would leave with some allowance, a tax-free monthly allotment.

From The Daily Beast

Like deprived animals, they are determined to consume the lifetime allotment of sugar they have been denied; all before pickup.

From The Daily Beast

There was a vacant allotment on the other side of the Bank, and I took a short cut across this to the Royal.

From Project Gutenberg

The goal is not any kind of division of income or allotment of property.

From Project Gutenberg

Most Forests cut a very small part of their annual allotment, but a few Forests cut their full annual yield, or nearly so.

From Project Gutenberg

Suppose the allotment gardens consisted of twelve acres, then let one-fourth, or three acres, be properly manured every year.

From Project Gutenberg

Suppose the society commence with supplying additional allotment-grounds.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• allocation
• allowance
• appropriation
• quota
• ration