Another word for allot
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Verb
To set aside or distribute as a share
- To apportion.
- To divide and distribute proportionally; apportion.
- To measure out shares of; apportion
- To set apart for a specific purpose
- To fix the location of; locate
- To set apart for a special purpose; designate:
- To let do or happen; permit:
- To permit to have:
- (Dial.) To think; give as one's opinion
- To divide and distribute in shares according to a plan
- To accord or tender to another:
- To place in the hands of; pass:
- (Slang) To abandon a claim, fight, etc.; give in or give up
- To draw or cast lots
- To divide (land) into lots.
- To divide into lots
- To allot; distribute; apportion
- (Archaic) To measure
- To distribute or allot. Often used with out :
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Another word for allot
Verb
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- To divide and distribute in shares according to a plan
- To fix the location of; locate
- To set apart for a specific purpose
- To set apart for a special purpose; designate:
- To distribute something in portions; to apportion or dole out
- To place in separate pieces or examples over an area; scatter:
- To apportion so as to be evenly spread throughout a given area:
- (Logic) To use (a term) so as to include all individuals or entities of a given class.
- To administer (laws, for example).
- To give or deal out, especially in parts or portions:
- To prepare and give out (medicines, prescriptions, etc.)
- To talk about personal experiences or feelings with others.
- To participate in, use, enjoy, or experience jointly or in turns:
- To distribute in shares; give out a portion or portions of; apportion
- To assert; declare:
- To let do or happen; permit:
- (Dial.) To think; give as one's opinion
- To apply; use:
- To give or present as a gift
- (Obs.) To give in marriage
- To allow or consent to the fulfillment of (something requested):
- To give or confer officially or formally:
- To give (what is requested, as permission, etc.); assent to; agree to fulfill
- To accord or tender to another:
- To place in the hands of; pass:
- (Slang) To abandon a claim, fight, etc.; give in or give up
- (Idiomatic) To distribute in small amounts.
- Used other than as an idiom: to separate or isolate.
- To select (something or someone) for a specific purpose.
- To distinguish, make obvious the distinction between (two things) or of (something).
- To point out; mark out; indicate; specify
- To select and set aside for a duty, office, or purpose:
- To give a name or title to; characterize:
- To set apart for a specific use:
- To take for one's own or exclusive use
Synonym Study
- Allocate usually implies the allowance of a fixed amount for a specific purpose to allocate $50 for books
- Apportion connotes the just, proportionate, often uniform distribution of a fixed number of portions
- Allot and assign both imply the giving of a share or portion with no indication of uniform distribution, assign having the extra connotation of authoritativeness I was assigned the task of allotting the seats
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