Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To parcel out; distribute or apportion: allotting land to homesteaders; allot blame.
- v. To assign as a portion; allocate: allotted 20 minutes to each speaker.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To divide or distribute as by lot; distribute or parcel out; apportion: as, to allot shares in a public company.
- To grant; assign; appropriate: as, to allot a sum of money for some specific purpose.
- To appoint; destine; set apart.
- Synonyms Dispense, Distribute, etc. See dispense.
Wiktionary
- v. To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot
- v. To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To distribute by lot.
- 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
- v. administer or bestow, as in small portions
- v. allow to have
- v. give out
Etymologies
- From Old French aloter (French: allotir). à + lot. (Wiktionary)
- 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)
Examples
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The Cult of the Wels: Catching Giant, 200-Plus Pound Catfish in European Rivers
“Pedestrians in allot of cities, Eastern US and European cities especially where the roads are narrower, tend to abuse this relationship by crossing mid-block or against the light.”
“I think we can all agree that computers (a major Identifying factor of a nerd), are major part of life, so his choice to use his allot is supposed to add to his kind of lonely atmosphere (f It still screams nerd, I may have to cut It.)”
“What we have been noticing allot is we put out such a large assortment of appetizers and adorn them in these fancy little plates with dips and all that goes with it, everyone that comes over picks and picks and picks and by the time the meal is served, they’re just not that hungry any more.”
“Yet other artists simply put paintings aside for a period of time, allowing them to look at the works again with fresher eyes some months hence those who work on more than one painting at a time necessarily allot a certain amount of breathing space between one picture and the next, or find that a deadline, such as producing enough works for a specific exhibition, makes them focus more intently and make faster decisions.”
The Huffington Post: Daniel Grant: Calling a Painting 'Done'
“Italy and France, to name but two examples, view the arts as an integral part of their identity and history, and so allot public funds to support their finest and most promising practitioners.”
The Huffington Post: John Farr: A Sour Note at Carnegie Hall Few Heard, Coming From Above
“* You make a schedule that helps you allot time during the month for work on the most important projects.”
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“She said the impact on other companies could be higher component manufacturers, for example, allot as much as 25% of total expenses to personnel costs.”
“So how are you going to allot your time these days?”
The Washington Post: Frankie Rose on leaving bands and leading her own
“The government plans to allot 3 million hectares, or about 4 percent of its arable land, to foreign investors over the next three years.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘allot’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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EN - eloquence in public speaking
Key words from "The Training of a Public Speaker" by Grenville Kleiser (New York and London, 1920)
beget, imago, Vespasian, languid, studied, judgment, dwindle, artifice, contribute, observe, sonorous, gladiator and 264 more...
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common UA vocab. in US
Interesting, there is a traditional vocabulary of an Ukrainian, that differs from vocabulary of average American. It would be nice to explore it.
jackdaw, incongruous, cassock, vivid, magpie, humdrum, amongst, wonder, wandering, wheedling, wheedle, osseous and 368 more...
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Siamese-Twin Words
Idea from Will Shortz's NPR puzzle feature. Two words that share a common letter (end of first word and start of second word) and forming a larger word, e.g., mill and lion = mil-l-ion. Variants ...
cordial, portable, trillion, retort, preposition, palace, domesticity, passage, shallow, electorate, bootstrap, turkey and 9 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6689 more...
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5000 FREE SAT Words
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 229 more...
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newGRE
mostly from magoosh
imbue, verge on, nonchalant, deliberate, timorous, futile, provisional, dissect, checked, tinged, alluring, visionary and 1046 more...
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Revised GRE Wordlist_2013
Vocabulary building for my quest of GRE 2013
ephemeral, esoteric, rhetoric, censure, egregious, pittance, dupe, mulct, paucity, alacrity, maintain, laconic and 997 more...
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GRE
trope, surreptitious, tenet, insular, munificent, exegesis, limpid, acerbic, litany, cupidity, restive, protract and 71 more...
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GMAT
part of speech, frown, brow, immensely, immense, incomprehensible, toil, concision, concise, proper noun, hyphenated, dash and 190 more...
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My GRE
concomitant, mendacity, corollary, mandate, ascertain, exacerbate, substantiate, perennial, exemplify, hegemony, acrimonious, repertoire and 653 more...
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word list
abandon, ache, augment, avow, atone, approbate, apprehend, abut, apostatize, abase, abash, abate and 155 more...
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End in -ot
Just what it says. Words that end in -ot.
wainscot, ascot, marmot, jot, ocelot, spot, blot, scot, lot, shot, dot, snot and 219 more...
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MEC4 Lesson 154
bird's eye view, subtitle, dry humor, outraged, credence, heated, defile, purist, affected, pompous, incisive, straightforward and 32 more...
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words with letters in alphabetical order
abbey, abbot, abort, accent, accept, access, accost, adept, adopt, aegis, affix, afoot and 41 more...
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