(ə-lŏt') pronunciation
tr.v., -lot·ted, -lot·ting, -lots.
  1. To parcel out; distribute or apportion: allotting land to homesteaders; allot blame.
  2. To assign as a portion; allocate: allotted 20 minutes to each speaker.

[Middle English alotten, from Old French aloter : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + lot, portion (of Germanic origin).]

allotter al·lot'ter n.

allot

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verb

    To set aside or distribute as a share: admeasure, allocate, allow, apportion, assign, give, lot, measure out, mete (out). See collect/distribute.


v

Definition: assign; give portion
Antonyms: disallow, keep, retain, withhold

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To give out by shares or divide.

pronunciation When you make a budget, you find a way to allot your funds to your benefit.

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Common misspelling(s) of allot

  • a lot

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - tildele, skænke

Nederlands (Dutch)
toebedelen, verdelen

Français (French)
v. tr. - attribuer, assigner

Deutsch (German)
v. - zuteilen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κατανέμω, επιμερίζω, παραχωρώ με κλήρο, διαθέτω

Italiano (Italian)
distribuire, impartire

idioms:

  • allot to    assegnare a

Português (Portuguese)
v. - distribuir proporcionalmente, lotear

idioms:

  • allot to    lotear para

Русский (Russian)
предназначать

idioms:

  • allot to    выделить деньги на что-либо

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - asignar, repartir, distribuir, lotear, dividir en lotes

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - tilldela, fördela

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
分配, 指派, 分配给, 拨出

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 分配, 指派, 分配給, 撥出

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 분배하다, 충당하다, 정하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 配分する, 割り当てる

idioms:

  • allot to    定める

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخصص, يوزع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הקצה, הקציב‬


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