1. allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation, distribution
usage: the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"
Verb
1. parcel, divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
usage: divide into parts; "The developers parceled the land"