ALLOTMENT

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does allotment mean? 

• ALLOTMENT (noun)
  The noun ALLOTMENT has 2 senses:

1. a share set aside for a specific purpose
2. the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan

  Familiarity information: ALLOTMENT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALLOTMENT (noun)

Meaning:

A share set aside for a specific purpose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

allocation; allotment

Hypernyms ("allotment" is a kind of...):

part; percentage; portion; share (assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "allotment"):

reallocation (a share that has been allocated again)

quota (a proportional share assigned to each participant)

Meaning:

The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

apportioning; apportionment; parceling; parcelling; allocation; allotment; assignation

Context example:

the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state

Hypernyms ("allotment" is a kind of...):

distribution (the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "allotment"):

grant; subsidisation; subsidization (the act of providing a subsidy)

reallocation; reallotment; reapportionment (a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results))

deal (the act of apportioning or distributing something)

rationing (the act of rationing)

parcel; portion; share (the allotment of some amount by dividing something)