allotments

noun

plural of allotment
1
as in subsidies
a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action the library budget was reduced, while allotments for city officials' travel expenses were increased

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2
as in portions
something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group every kindergartner received colored paper, scissors, and an allotment of paste to make paper chains

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3
as in allocations
the act or process of giving out something to each member of a group the allotment of exhibition space at the annual trade show is always fraught with politics and infighting

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Recent Examples of allotments The fires scorched some ranchers’ pastures and federal grazing allotments. — Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026 The whole issue of restocking vacant allotments? — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 10 June 2026 And then, there are also different financial allotments. — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 Support women’s and Olympics sports, securing roster allotments. — Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 28 May 2026 But others were planted with random allotments of four and 12 species, reflecting the middle and upper ends of tree diversity in similar-sized areas of our local forests. — John Parker, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026 Residents have access to a range of outdoor amenities including wildflower meadows, parkland, orchards, wetlands, ponds, community allotments, play areas and a skatepark. — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026 The Lower Basin states recently proposed slashing their water allotments by about 20% annually and asked Upper Basin states to commit to permanent cuts to ensure water keeps flowing south. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 8 June 2026 The defending champs sold out all 8,700 season-ticket memberships for the 2026 season with a 92% renewal rate from the previous season, becoming the first team in league history to sell out season ticket allotments for three consecutive years, the person said. — Michael Ozanian, CNBC, 4 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for allotments
  1. subsidies
  2. portions
  3. allocations
  4. grants
  5. shares
  6. distributions
  7. parts
  8. quotas
Noun
  • Indeed, the Government Accountability Office — a nonpartisan federal watchdog that audits government spending and efficiencies — outlined the risk of fraud tied to ACA subsidies in a December report requested by congressional Republicans.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 3 July 2026
  • Unlike their American counterparts, Chinese firms often benefit from subsidies, tax incentives, access to launch facilities, and investments from provincial governments.
    — Rainer Zitelmann, Fortune, 2 July 2026
Definition of subsidies
Noun
  • The smoke plume was visible across portions of eastern Sacramento County, including Arden Arcade, Folsom and Rosemont.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2026
  • These 12 party-perfect portions can be made up to two days ahead of your Fourth of July celebration.
    — Brennan Long, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
Definition of portions
Noun
  • Everyday millionaires, for all their diligence, are largely confined to public markets—the same index funds and 401(k) allocations that powered their ascent.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 June 2026
  • Those allocations have loosened now, not because the wines have lost their lustre, but because the broader American wine business is on the back foot.
    — Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of allocations
Noun
  • Warren said the freeze would allow time to investigate how IOLTA grants are awarded.
    — Nick Sullivan July 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2026
  • Using basic academic terminology would place grants at risk of rejection or termination on political grounds.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
Definition of grants
Noun
  • Against this backdrop, investor confidence in JCET has surged, with the company’s shares listed in Shanghai climbing 147 percent since the start of the year, driven by strong business growth and rising demand for advanced chip technologies.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 July 2026
  • The leading labs are also preparing for stock market listings, and settling the question of the government's role before their shares trade would remove a major overhang for prospective investors.
    — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of shares
Noun
  • Under normal circumstances, distributions from a traditional 401(k) are taxed as ordinary income.
    — David Kudla, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Second, the sample was weighted using energy balancing, which finds weights by minimizing the energy distance — a statistical measure of the difference between two multivariate distributions — between the survey and the target population.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 29 June 2026
Definition of distributions
Noun
  • Historical data about the parts of the nation that use the most air conditioning shows a strong geographical trend.
    — Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Zada plans to shoot the movie first on a soundstage with real actors and will decide later which parts work better traditionally and what should be done synthetically.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Definition of parts
Noun
  • Now that traffic in the strait has started to ramp up again, the jockeying for production quotas has begun.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • Western Europeans were given generous quotas and Southern and Eastern Europeans much smaller ones.
    — Albert Sun, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of quotas

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