Synonyms of allotments

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• subsidies
• grants
• appropriations
• allocations
• funds
• entitlements
• annuities
• allowances
• subventions
• endowments
• assistances
• block grants
• aids
• set-asides
• benefits
• grants-in-aid
• stipends
• legacies
• bequests
• trust funds
• state aids
• advances
• reliefs
• foreign aids
• trusts

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• portions
• shares
• parts
• quotas
• proportions
• allowances
• percentages
• pieces
• slices
• cuts
• takes
• rations
• pieces of the action
• ends
• members
• sections
• commissions
• segments
• lots
• partitions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• compounds
• totals
• sums
• pools
• aggregates
• composites
• totalities
• wholes

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• allocations
• distributions
• apportionments
• dispensations
• issuances
• disbursements
• redistributions
• divisions
• admeasurements
• reallocations
• reapportionments
• repartitions
• partitions
• redivisions
• separations

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of allotments

And then, there are also different financial allotments. — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

The whole issue of restocking vacant allotments? — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 10 June 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

Support women’s and Olympics sports, securing roster allotments. — Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 28 May 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 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

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

The fires scorched some ranchers’ pastures and federal grazing allotments. — Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026