allotments

Divided portions given

Allotments are portions distributed from a whole.

A budget may be divided into allotments for different purposes; a soldier may direct an allotment of pay to a family member.

In British usage, an allotment is specifically a small plot of land rented for growing vegetables or flowers: She tends her allotment every weekend.

gardening

shed

Cast off naturally

cultivate · harvest · seedlings · soil · fertilizer · trowel · spade · wheelbarrow · hoe · mulch

community

cooperative

Jointly operated enterprise

waiting list · tenants · association · council · membership · collective · fellowship · togetherness · society · residents

allocation

shares

Units of company ownership

portioning · rationing · distribution · dispensation · allowance · subdivision · tranche · parceling · proration · meting

plots

parcels

Wrapped items for delivery

strips · sections · lots · tracts · smallholdings · landholdings · kitchen gardens · divisions · grounds · acreage

rationing

coupons

Redeemable discount certificates

shortage · austerity · quotas · tickets · points · restriction · limitation · control · subsistence · meager

Categories
Opposites
division vs. wholeness

allotmentswholes

Complete unified amounts

totalities · entireties · aggregates · lump sums · bulk

distribution vs. withholding

allotmentswithholdings

Sums deducted from wages

retentions · denials · refusals · confiscations · seizures

designated vs. unassigned

allotmentsshared resources

Assets used by many

pooled resources

Phrases
Family

allotment, reallotment

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