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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To parcel out; distribute or apportion: allotting land to homesteaders; allot blame.
  2. v. To assign as a portion; allocate: allotted 20 minutes to each speaker.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To divide or distribute as by lot; distribute or parcel out; apportion: as, to allot shares in a public company.
  2. To grant; assign; appropriate: as, to allot a sum of money for some specific purpose.
  3. To appoint; destine; set apart.
  4. Synonyms Dispense, Distribute, etc. See dispense.

Wiktionary

  1. v. To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot
  2. v. To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To distribute by lot.
  2. v. To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on; to grant; to appoint.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. administer or bestow, as in small portions
  2. v. allow to have
  3. v. give out

Etymologies

  1. From Old French aloter (French: allotir). à + lot. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English alotten, from Old French aloter : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + lot, portion (of Germanic origin). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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