a share set aside for a specific purpose
allotment
How to use allotment in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for allotment.
Editorial note
It's 250MB[0], and that same allotment on the iPad through AT&T is $15/mo[1], or $180/yr.
Quick take
a share set aside for a specific purpose
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of allotment gathered in one view.
the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for allotment.
noun
a share set aside for a specific purpose
See also: allocation
noun
the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"
See also: apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
Example sentences
It's 250MB[0], and that same allotment on the iPad through AT&T is $15/mo[1], or $180/yr.
I doubt the Strange Loop men had a triumphal reaction to the bathroom allotment.
You could blow through the standard 2 GB monthly allotment in a single HD movie streamed to your phone.
It really adds up quick if you were using any serious percentage of your bandwidth allotment.
I also wish I had a european-cog vacation allotment!
Users download gigabytes of maps to their cache directory, they don't want to eat their iCloud allotment with that, or their slow their iTunes sync.
After a couple of rounds of offers, the government figures out the highest price it can charge to completely sell out the year’s new allotment of licenses.
If suddenly Youtube videos no longer count toward your data allotment, you're much more likely to use Youtube, and not any other competitor which are metered.
I dont think so. Hardly anyone in the US pays for texts a la carte, and when they do, they went over their contract allotment and are pissed about it. I don't think hitting people with an unexpected $300 bill at the end of the month because they didn't realize they could have spent $5 more for unlimited plans is a great model for micropayments.
I would contend that advertising, marketing, and consumerism are not noble causes for humanity, and engineers who devote their lifespan to enabling such things are wasting their precious allotment of time.
But what about your current employer, the one at which you've just had to spend half your annual allotment of vacation days in order to audition for a new job that you might not get?Auditioning is definitely the best way to, well, audition people.
I have so very many family and friends who only rarely use more data than you'd get from a $15/mo plan, but insist on clinging to much more expensive 'unlimited' plans they're grandfathered into because they hate hate hate the idea that on the odd month they'd have to pay an extra $10 for going over the initial allotment.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use allotment in a sentence?
It's 250MB[0], and that same allotment on the iPad through AT&T is $15/mo[1], or $180/yr.
What does allotment mean?
a share set aside for a specific purpose
What part of speech is allotment?
allotment is commonly used as noun.