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Definition of allotment : 1. That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of God; anything set apart for a special use or to a distinct party.
2. The act of allotting; assignment.
3. The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person.

Synonyms:

assignation, distribution, storage allocation, dole, parcelling, apportioning, tryst, divvy, parceling, collect

assignment, budget, quantum, division, dispensation, measure, allowance, part, partition, segment, stipend, percentage, commission, ration, piece, lot, split, chunk, portion, quota, share, slice, stake, proportion, allocation, parcel, apportionment

compartment, subdivision, fraction, member, half, helping, zone, sector, interest, stock, bit, cut, dividend

grant, award, bonus, amends, bounty, inducement, enticement, reward, consideration, gift, remuneration, honorarium, plum, lure, stimulation, carrot, wage, prize, tribute, sweepstakes, incentive, treat, payment, tip, compensation, temptation, gratuity, atonement, wages, sweetener

quantity, number, sum, tally, total, amount

Usage examples:

• The allotment of the State into subordinate governments, the administration of which is committed to persons chosen by the people, will work in time a very beneficial change in their constitution. - "Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson", Thomas Jefferson.
• The entire plan of the temple, of the ritual, and even of the allotment of the territory of Canaan was intended to enforce this idea. - "The Makers and Teachers of Judaism", Charles Foster Kent.
• In Berlin the better class of artisans and small tradespeople escape from their flats on Sundays to their allotment gardens. - "Home Life in Germany", Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick.