Allotment

Noun

 * 1) The act of allotting; assignment.
 * 2) That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of God; anything set apart for a special use or to a distinct party.
 * 3)  The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person.


 * 1)  A plot of land rented from the council for growing fruit and vegetables.

Thesaurus
C ration; K ration; aid; alimony; allocation; allowance; annuity; appointment; apportionment; appropriation; arrangement; array; arraying; assignment; assistance; big end; bigger half; bit; bite; board; bounty; budget; chunk; collation; collocation; commission; commons; constitution; contingent; cut; deal; depletion allowance; deployment; destiny; disposal; disposition; distribution; dividend; dole; earmarking; emergency rations; end; equal share; fate; fellowship; field rations; financial assistance; form; formation; formulation; grant; grant-in-aid; guaranteed annual income; half; halver; help; helping; interest; kitchen garden; lot; market garden; marshaling; meals; measure; meed; mess; modicum; moiety; old-age insurance; order; ordering; part; patch; pecuniary aid; pension; percentage; piece; placement; plot; portion; price support; proportion; public assistance; public welfare; quantum; quota; rake-off; ration; rations; regimentation; relief; retirement benefits; scholarship; segment; setting aside; share; short commons; slice; small share; stake; stipend; stock; structuring; subsidization; subsidy; subvention; support; syntax; tagging; tax benefit; tract; truck garden; tucker; welfare; welfare aid; welfare payments