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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 Some addicts learned to game the system by obtaining daily allotments of hydromorphone pills—15 or more a day was typical—and then selling them to dealers in exchange for stronger fentanyl concoctions. — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026 These phones have different sizes and shapes, different memory and storage allotments, and different camera systems. — Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026 The business rarely sells out of its specific team allotments, and the prices can fluctuate during games depending on scores. — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 20 July 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for allotments
  1. subsidies
  2. portions
  3. allocations
  4. grants
  5. shares
  6. distributions
  7. parts
  8. quotas
Noun
  • Previously, the subsidies had made health care more affordable with enhanced federal credits since 2021.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
  • But official data shows around 40 million people across the country still depend on government living subsidies.
    — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of subsidies
Noun
  • The latest delay came after Caltrans determined that portions of the highway surface required additional smoothing, a Caltrans spokesperson told Abridged.
    — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Harris has also said UCLA needs significantly more season-ticket holders, with a longer-term goal of removing the tarps covering portions of the Rose Bowl’s unused seating.
    — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of portions
Noun
  • Structured computation and data management, including calculations, allocations and scenario modeling, should remain within deterministic planning systems, while agents orchestrate and interpret on top of that foundation.
    — Hemant Kapadia, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The tax-aware long-short SMA trade became the hottest product in wealth management, and the two biggest custodians are actively shutting it down for new advisor allocations.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of allocations
Noun
  • Among the grants that were eliminated, frozen or delayed were ones related to maternal health in Michigan, education research in Mississippi and assistance to minority farmers in Iowa, the researchers found.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
  • That scrutiny has been applied to researchers applying for new grants as well.
    — Anil Oza, STAT, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of grants
Noun
  • Shares of rival Minimax have struggled in recent months to hold above their IPO-day gains, after seeing shares spike in the spring.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
  • While new medicines are likely more than a year away from hitting US shelves, analysts expect Cosmo shares to nearly double over the next 12 months.
    — Avalon Pernell, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of shares
Noun
  • Capital calls, distributions, valuation updates, subscription documents, liquidity gates, tax documents and reporting cycles create new handoffs across front office, operations, legal, compliance, tax, data and technology.
    — Satish Avhad, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • While much of the NFL’s direct income is shared evenly with its players as dictated by their collective bargaining agreement, the dividends and distributions from 32 Equity investments flow outside the cap.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of distributions
Noun
  • While cost is an important factor, service reliability and the availability of spare parts are also important considerations for truck carriers, and overhauling an entire fleet is a major investment.
    — Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2026
  • That could make fleets of relatively inexpensive autonomous vessels useful for building persistent datasets across parts of the ocean that are poorly monitored today.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of parts
Noun
  • This creates a race to the bottom, where sales representatives trade margin for volume to hit their quotas.
    — Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • As evidence, Vance pointed to a steep Canadian import tax on American dairy products beyond quotas the two countries previously agreed to.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of quotas

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“Allotments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allotments. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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