allotment

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Representatives for minor leaguers would argue teams do not use their full allotment anyway, normally keeping about 165 across their minor league affiliates and in their complexes.

From Washington Post

Typically, these groups rely on state health department allotments, state and federal grants, plus newly released settlement funds from the national opioid litigation to pay for naloxone.

From New York Times

On Friday, Wade Crowfoot, the state’s secretary of natural resources, said that the winter had been so wet that agencies would get 75 percent of their requested allotments.

From New York Times

Barry McCovey Jr., director of the tribe’s fisheries department, said the tribe’s Chinook allotment is likely to be very small this year.

From Seattle Times

The valley’s water distributor, the Imperial Irrigation District, itself is the biggest user of Colorado water, with rights to about one-fourth of the overall annual allotment of all seven states.

From New York Times