allotment
noun
al·lot·ment
ə-ˈlät-mənt 
1
: the act of allotting something : apportionment
The allotment of a full page in the newspaper to each candidate is fair.
2
: something that is allotted
an allotment of time
especially, chiefly British
: a plot of land let to an individual for cultivation
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The per student allotment increased by $55 in the school finance bill Gov. Greg Abbott signed June 4.
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Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2025
Their ancestors were recorded on the Dawes Rolls, a federal registry used in the early 1900s to determine tribal membership and land allotments.
—Kristal Brent Zook, Essence, 16 June 2025
If the error rate is 6 percent or higher, states would be subject to a sliding scale that could see their share of allotments rise to a range of between 15 percent and 25 percent.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 5 June 2025
These relatively low-power-consumption cards feature huge allotments of memory (24GB, in the case of the Arc Pro B60) to host large AI models.
—John Burek, PC Magazine, 28 May 2025
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Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2025
Their ancestors were recorded on the Dawes Rolls, a federal registry used in the early 1900s to determine tribal membership and land allotments.
—Kristal Brent Zook, Essence, 16 June 2025
If the error rate is 6 percent or higher, states would be subject to a sliding scale that could see their share of allotments rise to a range of between 15 percent and 25 percent.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 5 June 2025
These relatively low-power-consumption cards feature huge allotments of memory (24GB, in the case of the Arc Pro B60) to host large AI models.
—John Burek, PC Magazine, 28 May 2025
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“Allotment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/allotment. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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allotment
noun
al·lot·ment
ə-ˈlät-mənt
1
: the act of allotting
2
: something allotted
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