allotment

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of allotting.
2. (countable, uncountable) Something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed
3. (countable, uncountable) The allowance of a specific amount of money or other credit of a particular thing to a particular person.
4. (British, countable, uncountable) A plot of land rented from the council for growing fruit and vegetables.

Synonyms

allocation

share

portion

quota

distribution

assignment

apportionment

appropriation

part

lot

division

allowance

ration

apportioning

appointment

assignation

partition

plot of land

sharing

rationing

interest

cut

parceling

parcelling

partitioning

deal

plot

rearrangement

recombined

segment

segmentation

settlement

share-out

slice

split

stake

stipend

tranche

fixed amount

grant-in-aid

parcelling out

payment in installments

payment in instalments

uniforms supplied to employees

environment

African gray

musical passage

distribution number

parceling out

parcelling out

Translations

Zuteilung

Anteil

répartition

attribution

reparto

contingent

allotissement

Quote

κατανομή

εκχώρηση

affectation

allocation

lotissement

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈlɔt.mɛnt/

Etymology

Cognate with French: allotement

In summary

From Old French alotement (modern French allotement).