Definition of "allotment"
noun
countable and uncountable, plural allotments
Something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed
Quotations
The history attached to it could not but recur to Emily as she passed, and her heart sank within her—not with fear, but at the thought, how much of misery there was in the world; and why should she be spared amid such general allotment?
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], page 13