allotment
(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.
British. a plot of land rented to a gardener.
Origin of allotment
1Other words for allotment
Other words from allotment
- mis·al·lot·ment, noun
- non·al·lot·ment, noun
- pro·al·lot·ment, adjective
- re·al·lot·ment, noun
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How to use allotment in a sentence
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.
Montgomery County teacher vaccination effort left out private-school educators at start | Donna St. George | February 3, 2021 | Washington PostGiven 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.
How Myanmar's Fragile Push for Democracy Collapsed in a Military Coup | Amy Gunia | February 1, 2021 | TimeThe 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.
‘Pixie dust’: Why some vaccine sits on shelves while shortages intensify nationwide | Isaac Stanley-Becker, Lena H. Sun | January 22, 2021 | Washington PostNesbitt said the city might have enough information about its next allotment from the federal government to open more appointments as soon as Thursday.
D.C. leaders spar over coronavirus vaccine access for poorer residents | Julie Zauzmer, Rachel Chason, Lola Fadulu, Erin Cox | January 13, 2021 | Washington PostOne 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.
Who Owns the Tijuana River – and Who Needs Its Water Most | MacKenzie Elmer and Vicente Calderón | January 11, 2021 | Voice of San Diego
Everyone in the program would leave with some allowance, a tax-free monthly allotment.
Send Bin Laden the Bill: Dakota Meyer on His Return From Afghanistan | Dakota Meyer | September 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTLike deprived animals, they are determined to consume the lifetime allotment of sugar they have been denied; all before pickup.
There was a vacant allotment on the other side of the Bank, and I took a short cut across this to the Royal.
Over the Sliprails | Henry LawsonThe goal is not any kind of division of income or allotment of property.
The New Society | Walther RathenauMost Forests cut a very small part of their annual allotment, but a few Forests cut their full annual yield, or nearly so.
Our National Forests | Richard H. Douai BoerkerSuppose the allotment gardens consisted of twelve acres, then let one-fourth, or three acres, be properly manured every year.
The Hills and the Vale | Richard JefferiesSuppose the society commence with supplying additional allotment-grounds.
The Hills and the Vale | Richard Jefferies
British Dictionary definitions for allotment
/ (əˈlɒtmənt) /
the act of allotting; apportionment
a portion or amount allotted
British a small piece of usually public land rented by an individual for cultivation
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