1. A share set aside for a specific purpose
   "The budget included an allotment for office supplies";
   - allocation
    
2. The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
   "the allotment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state";
   - apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling [US], parcelling, assignation
    
3. [Brit] A plot of land rented from the council for growing things (e.g. vegetables)
   "He spent every weekend tending to his vegetables in the allotment"

Derived forms: allotments

Type of: distribution, part, percentage, portion, share

Encyclopedia: Allotment