allotment

American  

[uh-lot-muhnt] / əˈlɒt mənt /

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.

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allotment British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• misallotment noun
• nonallotment noun
• proallotment adjective
• reallotment noun

Etymology

Origin of allotment

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

Example Sentences

Shields pointed out that IID and local farmers are already conserving, and this year the savings will equal about 23% of the district’s total water allotment.

From Los Angeles Times

Chip makers and cloud-computing purveyors have described the demand for their offerings as effectively limitless, with heads of the AI model companies bemoaning capacity constraints and tussling over chip allotments.

From The Wall Street Journal

It divided much of the public domain into parcels, called allotments, and established a permit system to lease them a decade at a time.

From Salon

Along with CalFresh, she gets a monthly allotment of healthy food through the Women, Infants and Children program.

From Los Angeles Times

Among the position player group, there could be yet more decisions if the Dodgers elect to carry a maximum allotment of 13 pitchers.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• allocation
• allowance
• appropriation
• quota
• ration