» allot
Verb (3 meanings)
Example:
- “We were assigned new uniforms”
to allot is a way to:
- to distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out (verb) - administer or bestow, as in small portions
ways to allot:
- to allocate, apportion (verb) - distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose
- to allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve (verb) - give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
to allot is derivationally related to:
- allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation (noun) - the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning
- parcel, portion, share (noun) - the allotment of some amount by dividing something
Example:
- “grant a privilege”
to allot is a way to:
- to give (verb) - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
ways to allot:
- to enfranchise (verb) - grant voting rights
- to give (verb) - accord by verdict
to allot is derivationally related to:
- accordance, accordance of rights (noun) - the act of granting rights
- grant (noun) - a right or privilege that has been granted
3. administer or bestow, as in small portions.
to distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
Examples:
- “administer critical remarks to everyone present”,
- “dole out some money”,
- “shell out pocket money for the children”,
- “deal a blow to someone”,
- “the machine dispenses soft drinks”
to allot is a way to:
- to give (verb) - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
ways to allot:
- to assign, allot, portion (verb) - give out
- to deal (verb) - distribute cards to the players in a game
- to give, apply (verb) - give or convey physically
- to reallot (verb) - allot again
to allot is derivationally related to:
- allocator, distributor (noun) - a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
- allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation (noun) - the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning
- deal (noun) - the act of apportioning or distributing something
- dispensation (noun) - the act of dispensing (giving out in portions)
- dispensation (noun) - a share that has been dispensed or distributed
- dispenser (noun) - a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts
- dispenser (noun) - a person who dispenses
- distribution (noun) - the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
- distributor, distributer, electrical distributor (noun) - electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence