1 [C] (BrE) a small area of land in a town which a person can rent in order to grow vegetables on it
2 [C,U] (formal) an amount of sth that sb is given or allowed to have; the process of giving sth to sb:
Water allotments to farmers were cut back in the drought. * the allotment of shares to company employees
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