Recent Examples on the WebAfter the agricultural sector, municipal customers used the most water—500,000 acre-feet of CAP water in 2020, or 18% of the allotment. Carl Churchill, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022 The school plans to offer its families the option to use that allotment as reimbursement for private school classes starting next school year. Lisa Phu, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2022 Not having that maximum allotment means families would have to readjust. Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Mar. 2022 In Kentucky, two-thirds of its vaccine allotment will to go to residents and workers in long-term care centers while one-third will go to people working in hospital COVID-19 units.USA Today, 8 Dec. 2020 In December, the government announced that 20,000 seasonal guest worker visas would be added to the allotment of 33,000 for the winter to assist employers in landscaping, construction and hospitality, areas that are desperately in need of workers. The New York Times, Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2022 In December, the government announced that 20,000 seasonal guest worker visas would be added to the allotment of 33,000 for the winter to assist employers in landscaping, construction and hospitality, desperately in need of workers.New York Times, 5 Feb. 2022 Generally, benefits in the food stamp program (officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP) are need-based and driven by inputs like income and household size up to a certain maximum allotment. Tommy Tobin, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021 The doses are in addition to the state’s weekly dosage allotment. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2021 See More
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Etymology
borrowed from Anglo-French alotement, from aloter "to allot" + -ment-ment