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Alliance of Small Island States
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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 share
1
.
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al·lot·tee [ ə lò t, àllə t ] nounal·lot·ter noun
