n. 25B6; noun
the allotment of shares by a company : ALLOCATION, assignment, distribution, apportionment, issuing, sharing out, handing out, dealing out, doling out, giving out, dishing out, parcelling out, rationing out, dividing out/up; informal divvying up.
each member received an allotment of new shares : QUOTA, share, ration, grant, allocation, allowance, slice; informal cut; Brit. informal whack.