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allot

al·lot [ ə lót ] (past and past participle al·lot·ted, present participle al·lot·ting, 3rd person present singular al·lots)

transitive verb

Definition:

1. give as share: to give something to somebody as a share of what is available or what has to be done

I was allotted the task of sweeping up.

2. earmark: to earmark or reserve something for a purpose

allotting ten shelves for books

[15th century. < Old French aloter< lot "portion" < Germanic]

al·lot·tee [ ə lò t, àllə t ] noun

al·lot·ter noun

Word Usage


	See lot.

Word Key: Synonyms


	See share¹.

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